Plan 9 from Outer Space
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4.2In California, an old man grieves the loss of his wife, and dies the day after she is buried. However, the space soldier Eros and his mate Tanna use an electric device to resurrect them both, alongside the strong Inspector Clay, who was murdered by the alien-controlled dead couple. When the populations of Hollywood and Washington DC see flying saucers on the sky, a colonel, a police lieutenant, a commercial pilot, his wife and a policeman try to stop the aliens.
Released: 1957-03-1578 minDir: Edward D. Wood Jr.Science Fiction, Horror
Cast
- Gregory Walcott as Jeff Trent
- Mona McKinnon as Paula Trent
- Duke Moore as Lt. John Harper
- Tom Keene as Col. Tom Edwards
- Carl Anthony as Patrolman Larry
- Paul Marco as Patrolman Kelton
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Edward D. Wood Jr.
- Written by
- Edward D. Wood Jr.
- Produced by
- Edward D. Wood Jr., J. Edward Reynolds
- Starring
- Gregory Walcott Bela Lugosi Maila Nurmi Tor Johnson Lyle Talbot
- Narrated by
- Criswell
- Cinematography
- William C. Thompson
- Edited by
- Edward D. Wood Jr.
- Music by
- see Music
- Production companies
- Reynolds Pictures, Inc.
- Distributed by
- Distributors Corporation of America
- Release date
- March 15, 1957 ( 1957-03-15 ) (preview screening)
- Running time
- 80 minutes
- Country
Key dates
- Published
- 2 June 1995
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- Z movie
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- flying saucer
- Director
- Ed Wood
- Screenwriter
- Ed Wood
- Cast member
- Paul Marco
- Composer
- Bruce Campbell
- Producer
- Ed Wood
Article
Plan 9 from Outer Space is a 1957 American independent science fiction-horror film produced, written, directed, and edited by Ed Wood. The film was shot in black-and-white in November 1956 and had a preview screening on March 15, 1957, at the Carlton Theatre in Los Angeles under the title Grave Robbers from Outer Space. Retitled Plan 9 from Outer Space, it played in 1957 as a double feature with the British thriller Time Lock, and went into general release in July 1958 in Virginia, Texas, and several other Southern states, before being sold to television in 1961. In Texas, it played on a double bill with the re-released Devil Girl from Mars (1954).
The film stars Gregory Walcott, Mona McKinnon, Tor Johnson, and "Vampira" (Maila Nurmi), and is narrated by Criswell. It also posthumously bills Bela Lugosi (before Lugosi's death in August 1956, Wood had shot silent footage of Lugosi for another, unfinished film, which was inserted into Plan 9). Other guest stars are Hollywood veterans Lyle Talbot, who said he never refused an acting job, and former cowboy star Tom Keene.