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Not of This Earth is a 1957 American black-and-white science fiction film produced and directed by Roger Corman for his Los Altos Productions, starring Paul Birch, Beverly Garland, Morgan Jones, and William Roerick. The film was written by Charles B. Griffith and Mark Hanna and was distributed by Allied Artists Pictures Corporation. Prints ran 67-minutes; others were expanded by the distributor to 71-minutes. Not of This Earth depicts the dark deeds of an alien intruder who hides under the name of Mr. Johnson. After a nuclear war, the people of his home planet, Davanna, have developed an incurable blood disease. Johnson's mission to Earth is to test the blood of humans for its usefulness in saving his species from extinction.
Original Release
02/10/1957
US Release
02/10/1957
Cast
Name | Character |
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Paul Birch | Paul Johnson |
Beverly Garland | Nadine Storey / Nurse Nadine Story |
Morgan Jones | Harry Sherbourne / Officer Harry Sherbourne |
William Roerick | Dr. F.W. Rochelle / Dr. Frederick W. Rochelle |
Jonathan Haze | Jeremy Perrin |
Dick Miller | Joe Piper |
Anna Lee Carroll | Davanna Woman / Woman from Davanna |
Pat Flynn | Simmons |
Barbara Bohrer | Waitress |
Roy Engel | Sgt. Walton / Desk Sergeant |
Directors
Writers
Charles B. Griffith, Mark Hanna
Cast
Name | Character |
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Paul Birch | Paul Johnson |
Beverly Garland | Nadine Storey / Nurse Nadine Story |
Morgan Jones | Harry Sherbourne / Officer Harry Sherbourne |
William Roerick | Dr. F.W. Rochelle / Dr. Frederick W. Rochelle |
Jonathan Haze | Jeremy Perrin |
Dick Miller | Joe Piper |
Anna Lee Carroll | Davanna Woman / Woman from Davanna |
Pat Flynn | Simmons |
Barbara Bohrer | Waitress |
Roy Engel | Sgt. Walton / Desk Sergeant |
Tamar Cooper | Joanne |
Harold Fong | Speciman |
Lyle Latell | (scenes deleted) / Paul Johnson (certain scenes during Birch's absence) |
Gail Ganley | Girl / Teenage Necker |
Ralph Reed | Boy / Teenage Necker |
Jan Boleslavsky | Davanna Contact (face in the Davanna transporter) |
John Clark | Man |
Tom Graeff | Car Park Attendant |
Charles B. Griffith | Man at Newsstand |
Hank Mann | Lead Bum / Bum |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Roger Corman | Producer |
Mark Hanna | Producer |