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Devil Girl from Mars (1954)

Devil Girl from Mars poster
Directed by
David MacDonald
Genre
science fiction film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 16m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 56 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A female alien from Mars lands her damaged flying saucer in a remote Scottish village. She tries to take human men back to her planet but faces resistance from the locals.

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What happens

Devil Girl from Mars is a 1954 British second feature black-and-white science fiction film directed by David MacDonald and starring Patricia Laffan, Hugh McDermott, Hazel Court, Peter Reynolds, and Adrienne Corri. The screenplay was by James Eastwood-based (per on-screen credits) on a play by John C. Mather and Eastwood, and was produced by the Danziger Brothers. It was released by British Lion and released in the United States the following year. A female alien is sent from Mars to acquire human males to replace their declining male population. When negotiation, then intimidation, fails she must use force to obtain co-operation from a remote Scottish village where she has landed her crippled flying saucer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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