Killers from Space
Atomic scientist/pilot Doug Martin is missing after his plane crashes on an reconnaissance mission after a nuclear test. Miraculously appearing unhurt at the base later, he is given sodium amethol, but authorities are skeptical of his story that he was captured by aliens determined to conquer the Earth with giant monsters and insects. Martin vows to use existing technology to destroy them.
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This is a surreal little movie by Billy Wilder's much-less talented older brother, W. Lee Wilder. It was originally released in a 1:85 aspect ratio. This is an attempt to recreate the original aspect ratio using the best public domain print I could find. The 16mm print seemed to be already slightly cropped and a true 1:85 ratio looked too cramped. This version has been blown-up and cropped at about 1:75, not the correct ratio, but much closer to the intended composition. Killers from Space Killers from Space is a 1954 American black and white science fiction feature film, produced and directed by W. Lee Wilder(brother of Billy Wilder) from an original, commissioned screenplay by his son Myles Wilder and their regular collaborator William Raynor, and starring Peter Graves and Barbara Bestar. Lee Wilder's independent production company, Planet Filmplays Inc., usually producing on a financing-for-distribution basis for United Artists, made this film for RKO Radio Pictures distribution.W. Lee Wilder Killers from Space From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaKillers from SpaceDirected byW. Lee WilderProduced byW. Lee WilderWritten byWilliam Raynor Myles WilderNarrated byMark ScottStarringPeter Graves Barbara Bestar James Seay William GerstleMusic byManuel CompinskyCinematographyWilliam H. ClothierEditing byWilliam FarisDistributed byRKO Radio PicturesRelease datesJanuary 23, 1954, re-released 1956LanguageEnglishKillers from Space is a 1954 American black and white science fiction feature film, produced and directed by W. Lee Wilder(brother of Billy Wilder) from an original, commissioned screenplay by his son Myles Wilder and their regular collaborator William Raynor, and starring Peter Graves and Barbara Bestar. Lee Wilder's independent production company, Planet Filmplays Inc., usually producing on a financing-for-distribution basis for United Artists, made this film for RKO Radio Pictures distribution.
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- Director
- W. Lee Wilder
- Starring
- Peter Graves, Barbara Bestar, James Seay, Frank Gerstle, Shepard Menken, Steve Pendleton, John Frederick, Jack Daly
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