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  • Earth vs The Flying Saucers on DVD (1956)
    Starring: Hugh Marlowe,  Joan Taylor,  Harry Lauter
    Director: Fred F. Sears
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Anyone who's seen the 1996 science-fiction lampoon Mars Attacks may have trouble watching Earth vs. the Flying Saucers with a straight face. Hugh Marlowe plays scientist Russell Marvin, who is on-hand when an alien spacecraft lands on earth. The saucermen at first insist that they've come in peace, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 951 members
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  • Taza, Son of Cochise on DVD (1954)
    Starring: Rock Hudson,  Barbara Rush,  Gregg Palmer
    Director: Douglas Sirk
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Three years after the end of the Apache wars, peacemaking chief Cochise dies. His elder son Taza shares his ideas, but brother Naiche yearns for war - and for Taza's betrothed, Oona. Naiche loses no time in starting trouble which, thanks to a bigoted cavalry officer, ends with the proud Chiricahua ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 41% from 10 members
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  • Vera Cruz on DVD (1954)
    Starring: Sarita Montiel,  Gary Cooper,  Burt Lancaster
    Director: Robert Aldrich
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Produced by Burt Lancaster's own company, Vera Cruz teams Lancaster with the venerable Gary Cooper. The story, set during the Mexican revolution of 1866, casts Coop and Lancaster as Ben Trane and Joe Erin, two rival soldiers of fortune who team to fight for the highest bidder. The two men come to ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 521 members
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  • Invaders from Mars on DVD (1953)
    Starring: Jimmy Hunt,  Helena Carter,  Arthur Franz
    Director: William Cameron Menzies
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    A young boy is awakened during a storm to witness a flying saucer land in the field behind his home. No one will believe his story as, one by one, the townspeople are captured and put under the control of sinister forces from the planet Mars!
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 907 members
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  • Red Planet Mars (1952)
    Starring: Peter Graves,  Andrea King,  Herbert Berghof
    Director: Harry Horner
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    An American scientist contacts Mars by radio and receives information that Mars is a utopia and that Earth's people can be saved if they return to the worship of God. Revolution sweeps the Earth, including the Soviet Union. But there remains doubt about the messages being genuine, as an ex-Nazi ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 1 member
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  • In A Lonely Place on DVD (1950)
    Starring: Martha Stewart,  Jeff Donnell,  Carl Benton Reid
    Director: Nicholas Ray
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Screenwriter Dixon Steele, faced with the odious task of scripting a trashy bestseller, has hatcheck girl Mildred Atkinson tell him the story in her own words. Later that night, Mildred is murdered and Steele is a prime suspect. His record of belligerence when angry and his macabre sense of humor ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 2,152 members
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Morris Ankrum facts

5 most recent films

Earth vs The Flying Saucers - 3.0 stars
Earth vs The Flying Saucers - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Taza, Son of Cochise - 2.0 stars
Vera Cruz - 3.0 stars
Invaders from Mars - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

In A Lonely Place - 3.5 stars
Invaders from Mars - 3.5 stars
Vera Cruz - 3.0 stars
Earth vs The Flying Saucers - 3.0 stars
Earth vs The Flying Saucers - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Taza, Son of Cochise - 2.0 stars
Red Planet Mars - 2.5 stars
Missile To The Moon / Earth Vs The Flying Saucers / Planet Outl - 2.5 stars
Earth vs The Flying Saucers - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Earth vs The Flying Saucers - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Donald Curtis - 3 times - show films
Hugh Marlowe - 3 times - show films
Joan Taylor - 3 times - show films
Walter Sande - 3 times - show films
Max Wagner - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

William Cameron Menzies - 2 times - show films
Fred F. Sears - 2 times - show films
Nicholas Ray - 1 times - show films
Harry Revier - 1 times - show films
Harry Horner - 1 times - show films