The Man from Planet X

1951
Approved
1h 11m

IMDb RATING

5.7/10

3.2K

YOUR RATING

Margaret Field and Pat Goldin in The Man from Planet X (1951)

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As a mysterious planet hurls itself toward Earth, an enigmatic extraterrestrial scout arrives on a remote Scottish island with unknown intentions.As a mysterious planet hurls itself toward Earth, an enigmatic extraterrestrial scout arrives on a remote Scottish island with unknown intentions.As a mysterious planet hurls itself toward Earth, an enigmatic extraterrestrial scout arrives on a remote Scottish island with unknown intentions.

Director
- Edgar G. Ulmer
Writers
- Aubrey Wisberg
- Jack Pollexfen
Stars

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IMDb RATING

5.7/10

3.2K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Edgar G. Ulmer
Writers
- Aubrey Wisberg
- Jack Pollexfen
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
To stretch his meager budget, director Edgar G. Ulmer was able to use sets from Joan of Arc (1948).

Goofs
Enid's description of the spaceship as "...a glass ball with three metal bands around it..." is nothing like the spaceship miniature or full-size mock-up.

Quotes
[last lines]
Enid Elliot: You know, I think that creature was friendly. I wonder what would have happened if... if Dr. Mears hadn't frightened him.
John Lawrence: Who knows? Perhaps the greatest curse ever to befall the world, or perhaps the greatest blessing.

Crazy credits
The letters in the opening credits look like they are made of metal strips held together by rivets.

Alternate versions
There is an Italian edition of this film on DVD, distributed by DNA Srl: "IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE 3-D (1953) + L'UOMO DAL PIANETA X (1951)" (2 Films on a single DVD, with It Came from Outer Space (1953)/"Destinazione Terra!" in double version 2D and 3D), re-edited with the contribution of film historian Riccardo Cusin. This version is also available for streaming on some platforms.

Connections
Featured in Weirdo with Wadman: The Man From Planet X (1964)

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Review

Featured review

6/10

Cult for Fans of the Genre

The reporter John Lawrence (Robert Clarke) visits Dr. Robert Blane (Gilbert Fallman) and learns that his friend, Prof. Elliot (Raymond Bond) has discovered a new planet that is in route toward Earth and has moved to an observatory on the Burry Island to observe from a closer location. John heads to the Scottish island and is welcomed by Prof. Elliot's daughter Enid Elliot (Margaret Field), who is now a beautiful young woman. They go to the observatory to meet Prof. Elliot and John finds Dr. Mears (William Schallert), who is his disaffection. When Enid returns home after driving John to an inn in the town, she has a flat tire and finds a spacecraft landed on the island with a weird alien inside that follows her home. While Prof. Elliot and John want to investigate the reason why the alien landed on Earth, Dr. Mears has second thoughts. What are the true intentions of the extraterrestrial being?

"The Man from Planet X" is a campy and lame sci-fi in black and white, but also a cult for fans (like me) of sci-fi from the 50's. The story of a close encounter with an alien is from the same year of "The Day the Earth Stood Still" that is a classic. The open end, where the true intention of the extraterrestrial being is not disclosed, is excellent. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "O Homem do Planeta X" ("The Man From Planet X")

Note: On 23 February 2024, I saw this film again.