The Strange World of Planet X
“Man and alien unite to combat the most insidious peril the universe has ever known!”
Certified Crap. CrapScore 58, rated by 1 admin.
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Magnetic experiments in an English village produce a crisis much closer to home than the title's distant planet suggests. Scientific warnings, strange visitors and oversized insect trouble share the limited space. An earnest retro curiosity whose grand promises and dated social assumptions exceed its modest delivery.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 5/10
- Plot
- 6.5/10
- Effects
- 5.5/10
- Dialogue
- 6.5/10
- Rewatchability
- 5.5/10
“Planet X is considerably nearer than the travel brochure implies.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 58
Synopsis and movie facts
Near a small English village, a scientific team is conducting experiments with magnetic fields, the results of which may have military applications but the intensification of which seem to be connected to UFO reports, a series of murders, an enormous insect egg, and a strange visitor with exceptional scientific knowledge.
- Released
- 1958
- Directed by
- Gilbert Gunn
- Running time
- 75 min
Starring
- Forrest Tucker as Gil Graham
- Gaby André as Michele Dupont
- Martin Benson as Smith
- Alec Mango as Dr. Laird
- Wyndham Goldie as Brigadier Cartwright
- Hugh Latimer as Jimmy Murray
- Dandy Nichols as Mrs. Tucker
- Richard Warner as Insp. Burns
Research behind this pick
Researched . Explore the film references and reviews below.
- Film reference · themoviedb.org
Canonical film identity, release date, runtime, director credits, cast, genres, synopsis and poster checked against TMDB movie 71990.
- Review · moriareviews.com
The review explains the terrestrial setting and discusses the film's conspicuously dated laboratory attitudes.
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