Invasion (1965 film)
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Invasion is a 1965
low-budget British
sci-fi film, directed by Alan Bridges
for producer Jack Greenwood of Merton Park Studios
.
The film was written by Roger Marshall
from a storyline by Robert Holmes
who later re-used the story for the Jon Pertwee
Doctor Who
episode Spearhead from Space
.
It tells the story of an alien spacecraft
which crash-lands on Earth
, near a secluded hospital in the Home Counties
. The aliens, who resemble orientals, are taken to a rural hospital and cause a forcefield to be held around the building.
in the USA.
A very brief video release by Warner Home Video
was available in the UK in 1992.
The film is as yet unavailable on DVD
.
1965 in film
The year 1965 in film involved some significant events, with The Sound of Music topping the U.S. box office.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue- Awards :Academy Awards:...
low-budget British
British people
The British are citizens of the United Kingdom, of the Isle of Man, any of the Channel Islands, or of any of the British overseas territories, and their descendants...
sci-fi film, directed by Alan Bridges
Alan Bridges
Alan Bridges is an English film and television director. He directed 40 films and television programmes between 1961 and 1991. He won the Grand Prix at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival for his film The Hireling...
for producer Jack Greenwood of Merton Park Studios
Merton Park Studios
Merton Park Studios was a British film production studio in South Wimbledon, London. In the 1940s, it was owned by the Film Producers Guild.Opened in 1930, many second features were produced there, and for a time was home to Radio Luxembourg...
.
The film was written by Roger Marshall
Roger Marshall
Roger Marshall is an English Writer. Born during March 1934 in Leicester in the UK he was educated at Cambridge before embarking on a writing career that included The Avengers, The Sweeney, Public Eye, The Gentle Touch, The Professionals, Lovejoy and London's Burning as well as many other...
from a storyline by Robert Holmes
Robert Holmes (scriptwriter)
This entry is about the television scriptwriter. For other people with the same name, see Robert Holmes .Robert Colin Holmes was an English television scriptwriter, who for over twenty-five years contributed to some of the most popular programmes screened in the UK...
who later re-used the story for the Jon Pertwee
Jon Pertwee
John Devon Roland Pertwee , was an English actor. Pertwee is best known for his role in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, in which he played the third incarnation of the Doctor from 1970 to 1974, and as the title character in the series Worzel Gummidge...
Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
episode Spearhead from Space
Spearhead from Space
Spearhead from Space is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 3 January to 24 January 1970. The serial opened Series 7 of the show and was the first to be produced in colour. The serial introduced Jon Pertwee as the...
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It tells the story of an alien spacecraft
Spacecraft
A spacecraft or spaceship is a craft or machine designed for spaceflight. Spacecraft are used for a variety of purposes, including communications, earth observation, meteorology, navigation, planetary exploration and transportation of humans and cargo....
which crash-lands on Earth
Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets...
, near a secluded hospital in the Home Counties
Home Counties
The home counties is a term which refers to the counties of South East England and the East of England which border London, but do not include the capital city itself...
. The aliens, who resemble orientals, are taken to a rural hospital and cause a forcefield to be held around the building.
Interpretation
Some critics have said that the use of oriental actors in the roles of the Lystrians shows the British attitude to foreigners at the time.Availablility
The film was theatrically released by Anglo Amalgamated in the UK, and by American International PicturesAmerican International Pictures
American International Pictures was a film production company formed in April 1956 from American Releasing Corporation by James H. Nicholson, former Sales Manager of Realart Pictures, and Samuel Z. Arkoff, an entertainment lawyer...
in the USA.
A very brief video release by Warner Home Video
Warner Home Video
Warner Home Video is the home video unit of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., itself part of Time Warner. It was founded in 1978 as WCI Home Video . The company launched in the United States with twenty films on VHS and Betamax videocassettes in late 1979...
was available in the UK in 1992.
The film is as yet unavailable on DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
.
Cast
- Edward JuddEdward JuddEdward Judd was a British actor.Born in Shanghai, China, he and his English father and Russian mother fled when the Japanese attacked China five years later....
as Dr. Mike Vernon - Yoko TaniYoko Taniwas a French-born Japanese actress and nightclub entertainer.-Early life:Her birth name was Itani Yōko . She has occasionally been described as 'Eurasian', 'half-French', 'half-Japanese', and even 'Italian-Japanese', all of which are incorrect....
as Leader of the Lystrians - Valerie Gearon as Dr. Claire Harland
- Lyndon BrookLyndon BrookLyndon Brook was a British actor, on film and television.Born in York, Brook came from an established acting family. His father, Clive Brook, had been a star of the silent movies and had moved to Hollywood to play quintessential Englishmen in a host of films...
as Brian Carter - Eric YoungEric YoungEric Young may refer to:*Eric Young *Eric Young, Jr., baseball player, Eric Young 's son*Eric Young *Eric Young , ring name used by Jeremy Fritz*Eric Young...
as The Lystrian - Tsai ChinTsai Chin (actress)Tsai Chin , also known as Irene Chow, is a Chinese-born actress living in England.-Early life, family & education:Chin was born to Peking Opera actor Zhou Xinfang in 1936. She spent her early life in Shanghai. She had two short marriages which both ended in divorce. Her brother is Michael...
as Nurse Lin