Target Earth (1954)
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24% of users liked it
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Target Earth was adapted from Paul W. Fairman's short story Deadly City. Set in, of all places, Chicago, this sci-fier concentrates on four people who've congregated in the deserted city after a sudden and mysterious evacuation. The ill-matched foursome are Vicki Harris (Virginia Grey), a… More Target Earth was adapted from Paul W. Fairman's short story Deadly City. Set in, of all places, Chicago, this sci-fier concentrates on four people who've congregated in the deserted city after a sudden and mysterious evacuation. The ill-matched foursome are Vicki Harris (Virginia Grey), a flashy, trashy blonde; Nora King (Kathleen Crowley), a young widow; Frank Brooks (Richard Denning), a handsome fellow with a questionable past; and Jim Wilson (Dick Reeves), a brutish transient. Though they don't get along at first, the four strangers are compelled to unite against a common enemy: an invading Venusian army, using huge robots to do their dirty work. Nothing spectacular, Target Earth works well within its modest limitations. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Sherman A. Rose
- Written By
- James H. Nicholson, Wyott Ordung, William Raynor
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Nov 7, 1954 Wide
- On DVD
- Feb 25, 2003
- Studio
- VCI
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
It's a modest film for those sci-fi connoisseurs who flip out over paranoiac Cold War flicks about outsiders as dangerous foes.
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Cast
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Richard Denning
as Frank
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Kathleen Crowley
as Nora
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Virginia Grey
as Vicki
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Richard Reeves
as Jim
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Robert Roark
as Wilson
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Mort Marshall
as Charles Otis
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Arthur Space
as General
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Whit Bissell
as Scientist
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House Peters Jr.
as Technician
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Gaylord "Steve" Pendleton
as Colonel
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Jim Drake
as Lieutenant
- James Drake
