The Cosmic Man (1959)

Directed by

Herbert S. Greene

Genre

science fiction film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 12m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An alien arrives on Earth as the space age starts. The visitor wants to spread a message of peace, but the military treats it as a threat.

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What happens

The Cosmic Man is a 1959 independently made black-and-white science fiction film, directed by Herbert S. Greene and produced by Robert A. Terry. The film stars John Carradine, Bruce Bennett and Angela Greene. The narrative concerns an extraterrestrial being who, just as the space age is beginning, comes to Earth bearing a message of interplanetary peace and understanding, only to clash with the military. The Cosmic Man was made by Futura Productions Inc. and was distributed in the US by Allied Artists and in the UK by Associated British-Pathé. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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