Masterful Movie

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Yes. it came out of the skies; a mysterious spaceship, being watched by Professor Elliot (Raymond Bond), lands in the moors of Scotland. An American reporter John Lawrence (Robert Clark) joins the professor in the investigation of the craft that resembles a diving bell. A distressed humanoid that piloted the craft tries to communicate that he is from a dying planet that desperately needs aid. Very low budget and the lack of lighting actually helps the atmosphere. And the alien is one of the weirdest looking visitors to step on our planet. There is more curiosity than fear generated. This film is directed by Edgar G. Ulmer and independently made and actually distributed by United Artists, no stranger to the genre. Who can't enjoy Black and White sci-fi?Also in the cast: Margaret Field, William Schallert, David Ormont, Gilbert Fallman and Roy Engel. You may recognize Harold Gould as a frightened villager.

A strange visitor from outer space lands on a remote Scottish island where a renowned astronomer has set up an observatory to study the mysterious Planet X, which will pass close to Earth in a few days. The astronomer, his pretty daughter, his assistant, and a visiting American reporter make contact with the alien and try to communicate with it. But things take a turn for the worse when the assistant tries to use the alien for his own ends.The hero of the movie is played by Robert Clarke. With his pencil mustache, bomber jacket, and turtleneck, he's the definition of cool. William Schallert plays the villain. It's a different type of role than I'm used to seeing Schallert in but he plays bad very well. Margaret Field (mother of Sally) does fine as the astronomer's daughter and potential love interest for Clarke. Roy Engel is great in a small part as the constable. This is a very good, low-budget sci-fi film from the Golden Age of Sci-Fi (the 1950s). It's helped a lot by a short runtime and Edgar G. Ulmer's atmospheric direction. Most of the movie takes place at night, with lots of scenes on the fog-shrouded moors or the castle observatory. Creepy fun for fans of classic horror and sci-fi. Also, this was made back in the days when stories involving space and aliens were still filled with wonder and the fantastic, not the boring "realism" that permeates modern sci-fi. So here we have a big-headed alien in a neat-looking spacesuit traveling in an awesome rocket ship. Very entertaining for those who appreciate such things.

The Man From Planet X (1951) ** (out of 4) Early invasion film from director Edgar G. Ulmer is somewhat better than it probably should be but it's certainly no classic. A Scottish community is shaken when a UFO lands and a weird looking alien is found. It seems the alien comes in peace but no one is certain why he's there and things take a turn when one scientist goes to abuse him for knowledge. THE MAN FROM PLANET X suffers from a very low-budget that doesn't allow it to do much but as is usually the case, the director manages to add a little more style thanks to some creativity. I think the best thing about the film is the actual look of the picture. The setting is a very small town and I thought Ulmer managed to build up a nice atmosphere. The fog machine he bought was obviously extremely good as there's all sorts of thick fog running throughout the film. I thought this helped give it a pretty good look but of course it also covers up some of the limitations of the budget. The actual alien is hotly debated among sci-fi fans but I personally liked it. Yes, it looks cheap but at the same time the motion-less face was actually quite creepy and there's no question that it's original looking. I also enjoyed the cast with Robert Clarke doing a nice job in the lead. He was in several of these low budget movies and I've always enjoyed him as an actor. Margaret Field, Raymond Bond and William Schallert are good as well. The biggest problem is that there's really not too much that happens. The majority of the film is taken up with dialogue with people talking about everything that's happening instead of the viewer actually seeing very much of it. This was often the case with films like this and thankfully this here only runs 70-minutes. THE MAN FROM PLANET X isn't a classic by any stretch of the imagination but fans of the genre should get a few kicks out of it.

I was watching this film last night and dozing off and on so I can't write a completely accurate review . A lady in Scotland gets a flat tire in the middle of nowhere . Instead of changing the tire or driving on the rim , she walks over to a glowing light she sees out there on the moors . When she gets up close to what looks a lot like a silver porta potty or giant Christmas tree ornament , a little guy with a big face resembling Pee Wee Herman, peeks out of a port hole and scares the living bejesus out of her . She runs home and tells her boyfriend to-be about it . I refer to him as the guy in the World War Two bomber jacket . He goes back to the site with his friend and they come upon the man from space . The little alien pulls a ray gun on the pair of earthlings but has a faithing spell and passes out . Instead of grabbing the ray gun , The bomber jacket guy decides to do a good deed and opens up an oxygen valve that makes the unconscious spaceman come to . That valve looked a lot like the old fashion petcocks on classic automobile radiators . Anyway, the two guys run away but the spaceman follows them home like a lost puppy . Our hero tries to communicate with the alien dwarf but the little guy is not too bright . Later on another guy who used to play Patty Duke's TV father roughs up the little fellow in what looked like a scene from good cop - bad cop . Anyway, the alien turns out to be a bad guy after all . He hypnotizes a lot of the townsfolk into digging holes around his spaceship . I thought they were going to grow a victory garden for him or something . It turns out that Planet X where he came from was going to pass by the earth . All his buddies were supposed to somehow jump off their planet and on to ours . But a few British soldiers fired a few rounds with their pop guns and foiled the plot to take over the Earth . During the battle , Patty Duke's father gets hit by shrapnel and dies . The other men had already wandered away because the hero convinced them to follow him . Planet X whizzes by the Earth at about a million miles an hour and disappears into deep space . The British bazooka team score a direct hit and the space ship goes up in smoke . Only the spaceman and Patty Duke's Father die in this no so exciting sci-fi movie . In the final scene the hero and his girlfriend go strolling near the seaside during a typhoon wearing their brand new overcoats .... The End ! ... Did people actually pay money to see this waste of time ? I think teenagers went to the theatre just to make-out while the little kids were more interested in the candy counter than the movie . ..... Definitely Not Hot !