The Space Children (1958)

Directed by

Bernard C. Schoenfeld, Jack Arnold, William Alland

Genre

science fiction film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 09m

Rating

4.2 of 10 from 43 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A mysterious alien life form appears at a California beach and recruits the local children to stop the military from launching a nuclear missile. The kids work together to follow the alien's instructions and prevent a potential catastrophe.

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What happens

The Space Children is a 1958 independently made American science-fiction film, produced by William Alland, directed by Jack Arnold, and starring Michel Ray, Jackie Coogan, Russell Johnson, Johnny Crawford, Johnny Washbrook and Richard Shannon. The film's special effects were handled by John P. Fulton, and the makeup was by Wally Westmore. The film was released on June 26, 1958 by Paramount as a double feature with The Colossus of New York (1958). The character Eadie Johnson is portrayed by actor Sandy Descher, who had previous science-fiction film experience when she played the catatonic child in Warner Bros. Them! (1954). The movie was featured on an episode of the comedy show Mystery Science Theater 3000 in 1998 and is one of only 11 episodes to not have a commercial release due to copyright issues. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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