# Invisible Invaders

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1959 film by Edward L. Cahn

Invisible Invaders Theatrical poster. Directed by Edward L. Cahn Written by Samuel Newman Produced by Robert E. Kent Starring John Agar Jean Byron John Carradine Robert Hutton Philip Tonge Cinematography Maury Gertsman Edited by Grant Whytock Music by Paul Dunlap Production company Premium Pictures Distributed by United Artists Release date May 15, 1959 (1959-05-15) (US) Running time 67 minutes Country United States Language English

***Invisible Invaders*** is a 1959 American [science fiction](/source/Science_fiction) film starring [John Agar](/source/John_Agar), [Jean Byron](/source/Jean_Byron), [John Carradine](/source/John_Carradine) and [Philip Tonge](/source/Philip_Tonge).[1] It was produced by [Robert E. Kent](/source/Robert_E._Kent), directed by [Edward L. Cahn](/source/Edward_L._Cahn) and written by Samuel Newman. The film was released by United Artists on May 15, 1959, on a double bill with *[The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake](/source/The_Four_Skulls_of_Jonathan_Drake)* (1959).[2]

## Plot

Dr. Karol Noymann, an atomic scientist, is killed in a laboratory explosion. His colleague, Dr. Adam Penner, is disturbed by the accident and resigns his position and calls for changes.

At Dr. Noymann's funeral, an invisible alien takes over Noymann's dead body. The alien, in Noymann's body, visits Dr. Penner and tells him the Earth must surrender or an alien force will invade and take over the Earth by inhabiting the dead and causing chaos. The alien demonstrates to Penner that they are able to make things invisible. Penner tells his daughter Phyllis and Dr. John Lamont about the experience and asks Dr. Lamont to relay the message to the government in [Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.) The government ignores the warning and Dr. Penner is labeled a crank by the media.

Dr. Penner takes his daughter and Dr. Lamont to Dr. Noymann's grave, where they are visited by an invisible alien. Later, at the site of a plane crash, another alien takes over the body of a dead pilot, goes to a [hockey](/source/Ice_hockey) game, chokes the announcer, and issues an ultimatum for the Earth to surrender. Another alien takes over a dead body from a car crash and issues the same ultimatum at a different sporting event. The media announce the threat and the governments of the world decide to resist the invasion. Aliens take over more dead bodies and blow up dams, cause fires and destroy buildings, causing chaos worldwide.

Major Bruce Jay arrives to take Dr. Penner, Phyllis and Dr. Lamont to a secret bunker. On the way, they are confronted by a scared farmer who tries to take their vehicle. The major kills the farmer and the four proceed to the bunker while an alien takes over the dead farmer's body.

At the bunker, they are contacted by the government and tasked with stopping the alien invasion. They determine that the aliens are [radioactive](/source/Radioactive), and decide to capture an alien to conduct tests on. They attempt to spray an alien with [acrylic](/source/Acrylate_polymer) to seal it in plastic, but this fails. They then fill a hole with the acrylic liquid and lure an alien into it. Once captured, the encased alien is taken to the bunker.

Back at the bunker, they confine the alien in a pressure chamber and break the acrylic casing using high air pressure. The alien offers to spare their lives if they will surrender and set it free; Major Jay refuses. They try several experiments, but nothing affects the alien. Frustrated and hopeless, Dr. Lamont wants to surrender, but Major Jay does not. The two fight and inadvertently damage some electronic equipment, setting off a loud alarm. They notice that the alien reacts violently to the noise.

They build a sound gun and test it on the alien, causing it to become visible and killing it in the process. They try to inform the government, but their radio is jammed by the aliens, who are apparently nearby. Using a [radio direction finder](/source/Direction_finding) they follow the jamming signal to the alien ship, killing several aliens along the way.

Jay walks through the woods to get to the ship and is confronted by several aliens. He kills them with the sound gun, but is shot by an alien zombie in the process. Despite being wounded, he finds the alien ship and shoots it with the sound gun, causing it to explode. With the jamming signal silenced, Dr. Penner is then able to contact the government and tell them how to stop the aliens, while Phyllis tends Bruce's wound.

Later, at the [United Nations](/source/United_Nations) in New York, Dr. Penner, Dr. Lamont, Phyllis Penner and Major Jay receive thanks for saving the world from the alien invasion.

## Cast

- [John Agar](/source/John_Agar) as Major Bruce Jay

- [Jean Byron](/source/Jean_Byron) as Phyllis Penner

- [Philip Tonge](/source/Philip_Tonge) as Dr. Adam Penner

- [Robert Hutton](/source/Robert_Hutton_(actor)) as Dr. John Lamont

- [John Carradine](/source/John_Carradine) as Dr. Karol Noymann

- Hal Torey as The Farmer

- [Paul Langton](/source/Paul_Langton) as General Stone

- [Eden Hartford](/source/Eden_Hartford) as WAAF Secretary

- Don Kennedy as Pilot

- Chuck Niles as Hockey Game Announcer

## Production

Production of *Invisible Invaders* began in December 1958.[3]

The shooting schedule and budget are not known. Byron said in an interview that the "picture was filmed rather quickly. I remember the director moving from one set-up to the next very rapidly".[4] Film critic [Bill Warren](/source/Bill_Warren_(film_historian_and_critic)) called it a "cheap little picture", noting that it "couldn't possibly have had a shooting schedule longer than two weeks (probably one week)" and that the movie gives "every evidence of having been made in great haste".[5]

Costs were held down, in part, by re-use of special effects artist [Paul Blaisdell](/source/Paul_Blaisdell)'s monster costume from *[It! The Terror from Beyond Space](/source/It!_The_Terror_from_Beyond_Space)* (1958) also directed by Cahn)[6] during a sequence in which one of the invaders is encased in plastic so it can be seen. According to author Randy Palmer, "To help camouflage the costume, optical effects were added to lighten the image and give it a distinct blur, so that it's very difficult to tell that the invader's true form matches that of (Blaisdell's) Martian Lizard Man".[7] However, as Warren pointed out, by 1959 "no one cared about SF movies made on this budget level. They were just a product to get on the screen as soon as possible".[5] Nevertheless, Blaisdell wasn't compensated for the reuse of his prop monster suit.

Warren also commented on the film's extensive use of stock footage. "A great flurry of stock shots" were used "as the invaders smash things all over the world – fires, quakes, buildings collapsing, dams bursting". This is "dispiriting," but "the very cheap and shoddy effects match the overall tone" of the movie. The stock footage includes the fatal car wreck scene from *[Thunder Road](/source/Thunder_Road_(1958_film))* (1958).[5] Footage shot for the film itself was also repeated, with scenes re-used of the invisible alien making parallel grooves in the dirt as it shuffles toward Dr. Noymann's grave and then pushes aside some bushes.[5]

The movie ends with the narrator proudly saying that in the face of a planetary threat, all the people of Earth will unite against a common foe.

## Release

*Invisible Invaders* was released to US theaters on May 15, 1959.[3] It was copyrighted on 8 May that year,[8] a week before the film opened. Outside the US, it opened in Finland on August 12, 1960, and in Sweden on September 22, 1960. It was also exhibited in theaters in Brazil, Chile, Spain and the Soviet Union.[9] In the UK, it received an "A" certificate from the [British Board of Film Censors](/source/British_Board_of_Film_Censors) on June 15, 1959,[10] which allowed it to be shown to "children accompanied by anyone over 16".[11]

To drum up domestic interest in the film, *[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine))* said in its "Exploitips" listing that "the attention-getting title is the chief selling point - a ballyhoo man dressed in a rented space suit ... will get notice from neighborhood youngsters".[12] Whether this was actually done, or if it convinced children to attend the movie, is unknown.

In a review of the [Blu-ray](/source/Blu-ray) release of *Invisible Invaders*, Christopher P. Jacobs noted that in an audio commentary, noted sci-fi author Dr. Robert J. Kiss "gives some interesting data on the film's 1959 release and exhibition history, noting how it was almost always shown as the second of a [double feature](/source/Double_feature), quickly shifting from one-week runs to bookings of only a couple of days".[13] However, the movie wasn't always the second feature. According to a contemporary advertisement for the New Plaza Theater in [Odessa, Texas](/source/Odessa%2C_Texas), *Invisible Invaders* was the third movie on a triple feature, with *[Plan 9 from Outer Space](/source/Plan_9_from_Outer_Space)* as the first movie and *[The Snorkel](/source/The_Snorkel)* as the second, showing on September 27 and 28, 1959, just four months after *Invisible Invaders* was released.[14]

## Reception

The movie had only a short run but became a minor cult film on television.[15] Jacobs says it had "unprecedented success in 1962 prime-time TV showings, after low ratings as a late night movie".[16] For example, *Invisible Invaders* was shown on Chicago's [WFLD](/source/WFLD) in 1971 as part of its well-known "Science Fiction Theater" program.[17] TCM ran the film as part of a monster movie marathon on New Year's Day 2007.[18]

Film critic [Emanuel Levy](/source/Emanuel_Levy) rated the film 3 out of 5 stars.[19] Writing in *The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia*, academic [Peter Dendle](/source/Peter_Dendle) said, "Though clearly a product of its own time and a low budget, *Invisible Invaders* is engaging and fast-paced, riddled with genuinely inspired twists alongside breathtaking implausibilities".[20] Writing in [AllMovie](/source/AllMovie), critic Bruce Eder described the film as "an interesting idea for a movie, executed not badly within the context of its time" with "performances [that] are decent, if at times a bit over the top."[21] The film is described on [Turner Classic Movies](/source/Turner_Classic_Movies) as "the inspiration for *Night of the Living Dead*," noting that "the severe lack of funds obviously influenced the producer's decision to make the aliens invisible."[22] Writing on [DVD Talk](/source/DVD_Talk), critic Adam Tyner noted that "*Invisible Invaders* doesn't exactly hold up to scrutiny," that the film's "pace is this side of glacial," and that "there's nearly as much narration as there is actual dialogue."[23]

## Home media

*Invisible Invaders* was first released to the home video market on [VHS](/source/VHS) videotape in 1996 by [MGM/UA Home Video](/source/MGM%2FUA_Home_Video).[24] The film was released on [DVD](/source/DVD) by [MGM Home Entertainment](/source/MGM_Home_Entertainment) in 2003, packaged with *[Journey to the Seventh Planet](/source/Journey_to_the_Seventh_Planet)* as part of their [Midnite Movies](/source/Midnite_Movies) series.[25] The Blu-ray edition, released in July 2016 by [Kino Lorber](/source/Kino_International_(company)), featured a full-length audio commentary by film historians Tom Weaver and Dr. Robert J. Kiss.

## Soundtrack

[Paul Dunlap](/source/Paul_Dunlap) composed the music for *Invisible Invaders*. Dunlap would later use much of the same music in three other science fiction movies: *[The Angry Red Planet](/source/The_Angry_Red_Planet)* (1959),*[The Three Stooges in Orbit](/source/The_Three_Stooges_in_Orbit)* (1962), and *[Destination Inner Space](/source/Destination_Inner_Space)* (1966).

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Bill Warren, Keep Watching The Skies! American Science Fiction Movies of the 1950s, Vol. 2, 1958-1962 (New York: McFarland & Co, 1986), pg 749.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-AFI_staff_2013_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-AFI_staff_2013_3-1) AFI staff (2013). ["Invisible Invaders"](http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=52929). *AFI Catalog of Feature Films*. Los Angeles, California, USA: [American Film Institute](/source/American_Film_Institute). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [772904208](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/772904208). Retrieved October 13, 2013.

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-VHS_release_1996_24-0)** *Invisible Invaders* (VHS). Santa Monica, California, US: [MGM/UA Home Video](/source/MGM%2FUA_Home_Video). 1996. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780792829843](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780792829843). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [35071276](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/35071276).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-DVD_release_2003_25-0)** *Invisible Invaders /* (DVD). Santa Monica, California, US: [MGM Home Entertainment](/source/MGM_Home_Entertainment). 2003. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780792855286](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780792855286). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [52900002](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/52900002).

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## External links

- [*Invisible Invaders*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052929/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

- [*Invisible Invaders*](https://web.archive.org/web/1/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/5012/enwp) at the [TCM Movie Database](/source/Turner_Classic_Movies#TCMdb) (archived)

- [*Invisible Invaders*](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/52929) at the *[AFI Catalog of Feature Films](/source/AFI_Catalog_of_Feature_Films)*

v t e Films produced by Edward Small 1910-20s Who's Your Neighbor? (1917) The Sporting Lover (1926) The Cohens and Kellys (1926) The Gorilla (1927) McFadden's Flats (1927) Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath (1928) The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris (1928) My Man (1928) Companionate Marriage (1928) Song of Love (1929) 1930s Clancy in Wall Street (1930) Igloo (1932) I Cover the Waterfront (1933) Palooka (1933) The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1934) Let 'Em Have It (1935) Red Salute (1935) The Melody Lingers On (1935) The Last of the Mohicans (1936) The Bride Walks Out (1936) We Who Are About to Die (1937) Sea Devils (1937) New Faces of 1937 (1937) Super-Sleuth (1937) The Toast of New York (1937) The Duke of West Point (1938) King of the Turf (1939) The Man in the Iron Mask (1939) 1940s My Son, My Son! (1940) The Son of Monte Cristo (1940) South of Pago Pago (1940) Kit Carson (1940) International Lady (1941) The Corsican Brothers (1941) A Gentleman After Dark (1942) Twin Beds (1942) Miss Annie Rooney (1942) Friendly Enemies (1942) Up in Mabel's Room (1944) Abroad with Two Yanks (1944) Brewster's Millions (1945) Getting Gertie's Garter (1945) Temptation (1946) The Return of Monte Cristo (1946) T-Men (1947) The Black Arrow (1948) The Fuller Brush Man (1948) Raw Deal (1948) Walk a Crooked Mile (1948) Black Magic (1949) 1950s Davy Crockett, Indian Scout (1950) The Iroquois Trail (1950) Valentino (1951) Lorna Doone (1951) The Texas Rangers (1951) Indian Uprising (1952) Scandal Sheet (1952) The Brigand (1952) Cripple Creek (1952) Kansas City Confidential (1952) The Bandits of Corsica (1953) Captain John Smith and Pocahontas (1953) Dragon's Gold (1953) Gun Belt (1953) The Neanderthal Man (1953) 99 River Street (1953) Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953) Sabre Jet (1953) The Steel Lady (1953) Wicked Woman (1953) Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl (1954) Khyber Patrol (1954) The Lone Gun (1954) Overland Pacific (1954) Return to Treasure Island (1954) Southwest Passage (1954) Down Three Dark Streets (1954) New York Confidential (1955) The Naked Street (1955) Top Gun (1955) Comanche (1955) Gun Brothers (1956) UFO (1956) Chicago Confidential (1957) 5 Steps to Danger (1957) Gun Duel in Durango (1957) The Iron Sheriff (1957) Monkey on My Back (1957) Curse of the Faceless Man (1958) Hong Kong Confidential (1958) It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958) Toughest Gun in Tombstone (1958) Witness for the Prosecution (1958) The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959) Guns, Girls and Gangsters (1959) Inside the Mafia (1959) Invisible Invaders (1959) Pier 5, Havana (1959) Riot in Juvenile Prison (1959) Solomon and Sheba (1959) Timbuktu (1959) (had name removed from credits) Vice Raid (1959) 1960s Cage of Evil (1960) A Dog's Best Friend (1960) Gunfighters of Abilene (1960) The Music Box Kid (1960) Noose for a Gunman (1960) Oklahoma Territory (1960) Three Came to Kill (1960) The Walking Target (1960) Boy Who Caught a Crook (1961) The Cat Burglar (1961) Doctor Blood's Coffin (1961) Frontier Uprising (1961) Five Guns to Tombstone (1961) The Flight That Disappeared (1961) The Gambler Wore a Gun (1961) Gun Fight (1961) Mary Had a Little... (1961) Operation Bottleneck (1961) Police Dog Story (1961) Secret of Deep Harbor (1961) The Snake Woman (1961) Three on a Spree (1961) When the Clock Strikes (1961) You Have to Run Fast (1961) The Greengage Summer (1961) Beauty and the Beast (1962) The Clown and the Kid (1962) Deadly Duo (1962) Gun Street (1962) Incident in an Alley (1962) Jack the Giant Killer (1962) Saintly Sinners (1962) Tower of London (1962) Diary of a Madman (1963) Twice Told Tales (1963) I'll Take Sweden (1965) Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! (1966) Frankie and Johnny (1966) The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz (1968) The File of the Golden Goose (1969) The Christine Jorgensen Story (1970)

v t e Films directed by Edward L. Cahn The Homicide Squad (1931) Law and Order (1932) Radio Patrol (1932) Afraid to Talk (1932) Emergency Call (1933) Laughter in Hell (1933) Death Drives Through (1935) Confidential (1935) Bad Guy (1937) Redhead (1941) The Omaha Trail (1942, uncredited) Main Street After Dark (1945) Dangerous Partners (1945) Born to Speed (1947) The Gas House Kids "in Hollywood" (1947) The Checkered Coat (1948) I Cheated the Law (1949) Prejudice (1949) The Great Plane Robbery (1950) Destination Murder (1950) Experiment Alcatraz (1950) Two-Dollar Bettor (1951) Creature with the Atom Brain (1955) Betrayed Women (1955) Silent Fear (1956) Girls in Prison (1956) The She-Creature (1956) Shake, Rattle & Rock! (1956) Runaway Daughters (1956) Flesh and the Spur (1957) Voodoo Woman (1957) Zombies of Mora Tau (1957) Dragstrip Girl (1957) Motorcycle Gang (1957) Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957) Jet Attack (1958) Suicide Battalion (1958) Curse of the Faceless Man (1958) It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958) Hong Kong Confidential (1958) The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959) Guns, Girls and Gangsters (1959) Inside the Mafia (1959) Invisible Invaders (1959) Pier 5, Havana (1959) Riot in Juvenile Prison (1959) A Dog's Best Friend (1959) Vice Raid (1960) Cage of Evil (1960) Gunfighters of Abilene (1960) The Music Box Kid (1960) Noose for a Gunman (1960) Oklahoma Territory (1960) Three Came to Kill (1960) Twelve Hours to Kill (1960) The Walking Target (1960) Boy Who Caught a Crook (1961) Frontier Uprising (1961) Five Guns to Tombstone (1961) Police Dog Story (1961) Operation Bottleneck (1961) Gun Fight (1961) The Gambler Wore a Gun (1961) When the Clock Strikes (1961) You Have to Run Fast (1961) Secret of Deep Harbor (1961) Gun Street (1962) The Clown and the Kid (1962) Incident in an Alley (1962) Beauty and the Beast (1962)

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