The Flying Saucer (1950)
- Directed by
- Mikel Conrad
- Genre
- science fiction film, spy film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 3.9 of 10 from 19 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
An American agent investigates a secret flying saucer sighting in Alaska. He discovers a foreign power is trying to steal the advanced technology.
datedpatrioticmildly suspensefuladventurousseriousstraightforwardcold-war-era
What happens
The Flying Saucer is a 1950 independently produced American black-and-white science-fiction spy film drama. It was written by Howard Irving Young from an original story by Mikel Conrad, who also produced, directed and stars in the film with Pat Garrison and Hantz von Teuffen. The film was first distributed in the U.S. by Film Classics and later rereleased in 1953 by Realart Pictures as a double feature with Atomic Monster (the retitled reissue of Man Made Monster, originally released in 1941 by Universal Pictures). The Flying Saucer was the first feature film to deal with the new and popular topic of flying saucers, which were first identified on June 24, 1947 when private pilot Kenneth Arnold reported seeing nine silvery, crescent-shaped objects flying in tight formation. During the 1947 flying-disc craze, more than 800 copycat sightings were reported throughout North America. The film is not related to the later Ray Harryhausen science-fiction film Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, released by Columbia Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Origin: Beyond the Impact- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.