Alligator People
The Atomic Submarine
Attack of the Giant Leeches
Battle in Outer Space
Beast From Haunted Cave
First Man into Space
First Spaceship on Venus
Giant Gila Monster
Gigantis the Fire Monster
The Hideous
Invisible Invaders
Journey to the Center of the Earth
The Killer Shrews
Missile to the Moon
The Monster from Piedras Blancas
On the Beach
Return of the Fly
Teenagers from Outer Space
The World, the Flesh and the Devil
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= SFMZ'S TOP TEN PICKS FOR BEST SCI-FI MOVIES OF THE FIFTIES
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The Angry Red Planet (1959) Color
Starring Billy Curtis, Gerald Mohr, Jack Kruschen, Les Tremayne, Nora Hayden, Paul Hahn
Martians get mad--then get even! Light years ahead of its time, this slick sci-fi flick is "science-fantasy, monster-movie and romance all rolled into one" (Hollywood Citizen News).
With Martians like the leggy and very hairy "batratspidercrab," plus a rolling jello amoeba with rotating eyes, and flesh-eating plants, you'll think twice about jumping into a space ship--no matter where it's headed.
When an Earth rocket lands on Mars, the crew finds the planet more pink than red and not entirely dead. As these well-armed scientists begin to explore, they are attacked by unbelievable demented and horrific creatures at every turn.
Battling for their lives, the survivors make it back to their ship only to discover intelligent life--and a warning they'll never forget! In the film, the tiny, three-eyed Martian chartacter is played by actor Billy Curtis, best known for his role as the Mayor of Munchkinland in The Wizard Of Oz.
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The Cosmic Man (1959) B&W
Starring John Carradine, Paul Langton, Bruce Bennett, Angela Greene
John Carradine stars in this atomic age classic as the mysterious Cosmic Man, a benevolent alien whose motives for visiting Earth are unclear.
Setting down on Earth in a spherical UFO, Cosmic Man immediately becomes a military target even though scientists are sure destroying him could have disastrous consequences.
A classic of 1950s B science fiction, COSMIC MAN is an entertaining parable about the dangers of nuclear energy that reflects some of America's feelings toward the impending nuclear age.
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First Spaceship on Venus (1959) Color
Starring Yoko Tani, Aldrick Lukes
Based on "The Astronauts" by the great Stanislaw Lem (SOLARIS), this SF curio also boasts a multinational cast, as well as beautiful photography and production design. Though Lem disowned the film, it stands on its own rather well and is probably one of the best SF films from the fifties.
First Spaceship on Venus begins in 1985, when engineers involved in an industrial project to irrigate the Gobi Desert, accidentally unearth a mysterious and apparently artificial "spool". When found to be made of a material unknown on Earth, the spool is circumstantially linked to the Tunguska explosion of 1908.
The "spool" is seized on as evidence that the explosion, originally blamed on a meteor, was actually caused by a spaceship. Internationally renowned Professor Harringway pinpoints the alien craft's origin within Earth's own orbit - with Venus the only reasonably habitable world.
The spool itself is quickly discovered to be a flight recorder, and partially decoded by an international team of scientists led by Professor Sikarna and Dr. Tchen Yu.
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