Space scientist Dr. Russell Marvin (Hugh Marlowe) and his wife Carol (Joan Taylor) are working on a secret missile project, but every time their rockets are launched, they are intercepted and destroyed by the more advanced technology of mysterious flying saucers hovering near the Earth. The alien race has completely surrounded the planet, giving Earth the sixty days to surrender. The enemy spacecraft appear indestructible, and Marvin sets out to find a weapon that can defeat them. The special effects of stop-motion animator Ray Harryhausen are legendary, most notably in the scene in which flying saucers attack the Capitol building in Washington, D.C.

Released theatrically in New York City August 1, 1956.

Additional cast: Tom Browne Henry (Admiral Enright); Larry Blake (Motorcycle Officer); Charles Evans (Dr. Alberts); and Alan Reynolds (Major Kimberly).

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Widescreen
Audio:
Dolby Digital Mono - English
Additional Release Material:
Trailer
Featurette - 1. THE HARRYHAUSEN CHRONICLES
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Selection
Text/Photo Galleries:
Photo Gallery

Hugh Marlowe: American actor
Joan Taylor: Actress/1950s-1960s
Donald Curtis: Actor/"Fuller Brush Man"
Morris Ankrum: American Actor
Thomas Brown Henry: 
Grandon Rhodes: American Supporting Actor
Larry Blake: Sound
Harry Lauter: American Actor
Charles Evans: Producer/Executive

Fred F. Sears: American Director/Actor
Fred Jackman: Director Of Photography/Photographic Effects

Charles H. Schneer: American Producer\Sci-Fi

George Worthing Yates: American Screenwriter, THEM! (1954), FRANKENSTEIN 1970(1958)

Danny B. Landres: