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Invaders from Mars [2] is a 1953 American independent science fiction film directed by William Cameron Menzies and starring Jimmy Hunt, Helena Carter, Arthur Franz, Morris Ankrum, Leif Erickson, and Hillary Brooke. It was produced by Edward L. Alperson Jr. and released by 20th Century-Fox in SuperCinecolor. [3]
In the science fiction genre, he appeared as the rocket project leader in Rocketship X-M (1950); as a Martian leader in Flight to Mars (1951); in Red Planet Mars (1952), playing the United States Secretary of Defense; in the cult classic Invaders From Mars (1953), playing a United States Army colonel; as Army generals in Earth vs. the Flying ...
Helena Carter (born Helen Jean Ruckert; August 24, 1923 [1] – January 11, 2000) was an American film actress in the 1940s and 1950s who is best known for her work in the film Invaders from Mars as Dr. Patricia Blake. From 1947 to 1953 she would appear in 13 films, during which time she also worked as a model. [2]
James Walter Hunt (born December 4, 1939) is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as David in Invaders from Mars (1953). In the 1986 remake of the same film he plays the police chief.
1953: Title Director Cast Country Subgenre/Notes The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. Roy Rowland: Peter Lind Hayes, Mary Healy, Hans Conried, Tommy Rettig: United States: Musical Fantasy "The wonder musical of the future." Abbott and Costello Go to Mars: Charles Lamont: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Mari Blanchard: United States: Comedy Family Fantasy
In addition, Menzies directed dramas and fantasy films. He made two science-fiction films: Things to Come (1936), based on a novel by H.G. Wells, for producer Alexander Korda which predicted war and technical advancement; and Invaders from Mars (1953), which mirrored many fears about aliens and outside threats to humanity in the 1950s.
The end credits of Captain America: Brave New World sets up the already-announced 2027 film, Avengers: Secret Wars. Anthony Mackie's Captain America visits Tim Blake Nelson's villainous Samuel ...
Burton, who was busy preparing Ed Wood (1994), believed that Mars Attacks! would be a perfect opportunity to pay homage to the films of Edward D. Wood Jr., especially Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959), and other 1950s science fiction B movies, [1] such as Invaders from Mars (1953), [8] It Came from Outer Space (1953), [6] The War of the Worlds ...