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Target Earth was a typical product of 1950s-filmed science fiction but could never rise above its low budget underpinnings. [3] One of the few notable aspects of the production was that the film was one of the first to explore the subgenre of alien invasions, following the successes of George Pal 's The War of the Worlds (1953) and William ...
1954's "Target Earth" was an alien invasion ripoff of "The War of the Worlds," too impoverished to afford more than a single robot built, a screenplay credited to James H. Nicholson, who would soon parlay his experience with Realart Pictures to form a new company with attorney Samuel Z. Arkoff, American International Pictures, catering to the ...
Jan 15, 2021 · Herman Cohen’s Target Earth is an underrated ‘50s invader film. While far from the heights of Earth vs. The Flying Saucers or Invasion of the Body Snatchers (both 1956), Target Earth nonetheless deserves a renewed consideration.
Invader, Crowley and Denning " Target Earth " is a pretty good 50s sci fi flick. A woman awakens in her apartment to find th...
Dec 6, 2010 · First up, I thought it would be appropriate to take a look at my favorite sci-fi offering from the fifties — 1954’s Target Earth. Let’s look at the Plot, the Players and the Production! The Plot. Nora King wakes up in her room and discovers the entire city she lives in (presumably Chicago), has been evacuated.
Mar 17, 2008 · I too saw "Target Earth" in the middle 1950s and found the robot's unnerving eye to be very memorable, even though the robot only appears on a few occasions. In retrospect, the movie's austerity (i.e. budgetary constraints) and confined geographic scope allow the characters' plight to be the movie's focus.
Target Earth: Directed by Sherman A. Rose. With Richard Denning, Kathleen Crowley, Virginia Grey, Richard Reeves. Giant robots from Venus invade Chicago. Stranded in the deserted city are strangers Frank and Nora.
