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Bookmark this pageThe Man from Planet X (1951)
Director: Edgar G Ulmer
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Stuck with a lacklustre cast required to spout pages of inane gab, and sets so crude that his only option is to keep them shrouded in mist, 'never say die' Ulmer still manages to finesse a few glimmers of pulp poetry. The silent alien who's arrived for no clear reason on the Scottish moors (perhaps to justify the mist?) looks disconcertingly like a prissy schoolmaster, and his spaceship is quite stylish, even though it's clearly a diving bell with a flashing light on top. The general air of a bad dream is established from the start, as a bored-sounding physicist announces the end of the world three weeks from now.Author: BBa
Cast & crew
Director: Edgar G Ulmer
Producer: Aubrey Wisberg, Jack Pollexfen
Cast: Robert Clarke, Margaret Field, Raymond Bond, William Schallert, Roy Engel full cast
Genre(s): Science Fiction
Duration: 70 mins
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