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Les envahisseurs invisibles

Original title: Invisible Invaders
  • 1959
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  • 1h 7m
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John Agar, John Carradine, Jean Byron, Robert Hutton, and Philip Tonge in Les envahisseurs invisibles (1959)
Invisible aliens from the Moon invade the Earth by occupying the bodies of recently deceased humans but a scientist, his daughter and an army Major, try to fight them.
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Invisible aliens from the Moon invade the Earth by occupying the bodies of recently deceased humans but a scientist, his daughter and an army Major, try to fight them.Invisible aliens from the Moon invade the Earth by occupying the bodies of recently deceased humans but a scientist, his daughter and an army Major, try to fight them.Invisible aliens from the Moon invade the Earth by occupying the bodies of recently deceased humans but a scientist, his daughter and an army Major, try to fight them.

  • Director
    • Edward L. Cahn
  • Writer
    • Samuel Newman
  • Stars
    • John Agar
    • Jean Byron
    • Philip Tonge
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    • Director
      • Edward L. Cahn
    • Writer
      • Samuel Newman
    • Stars
      • John Agar
      • Jean Byron
      • Philip Tonge
    • 69User reviews
    • 41Critic reviews
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    John Agar
    John Agar
    • Maj. Bruce Jay
    Jean Byron
    Jean Byron
    • Phyllis Penner
    Philip Tonge
    Philip Tonge
    • Dr. Adam Penner
    Robert Hutton
    Robert Hutton
    • Dr. John Lamont
    John Carradine
    John Carradine
    • Dr. Karol Noymann
    Hal Torey
    • The Farmer
    Paul Langton
    Paul Langton
    • Lt. Gen. Stone
    Eden Hartford
    • WAAF Secretary
    George Bruggeman
    George Bruggeman
    • Technician
    • (uncredited)
    Dick Cherney
    • Zombie
    • (uncredited)
    John Dehner
    John Dehner
    • Narrator
    • (uncredited)
    Rudy Germane
    • Game Spectator
    • (uncredited)
    Don Kennedy
    Don Kennedy
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    • (uncredited)
    Jack Kenney
    Jack Kenney
    • Car Crash Victim
    • (uncredited)
    Chuck Niles
    Chuck Niles
    • Hockey Game Announcer
    • (uncredited)
    Edwin Rochelle
    Edwin Rochelle
    • Zombie
    • (uncredited)
    John Roy
    John Roy
    • Game Spectator
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Edward L. Cahn
    • Writer
      • Samuel Newman
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    6KillerCadugen

    Incredibly dumb, but I love it

    This is one of the dumbest movies ever made - but I still get a kick out of watching it over and over again. First - John Carradine is vaporized in an atomic lab explosion and yet an invisible invader (which somehow has to drag its feet in the sand as it walks) can still take over the body. Second - if someone got on the P.A. at a hockey game today and said the world is about the end, some of the guys in the cheap seats would go up there and beat him up instead of running away. Third - how many times can they use the same scene of the zombies stumbling down the hill outside the army bunker? This movie is so stupid, it's frightening, but for some reason I love it.
    2bkoganbing

    Classical Camp From Carradine

    We don't see too much of John Carradine, but we sure hear a lot from him as the disembodied voice of the Invisible Invaders coming to a planet near you.

    Carradine's a scientist who is killed in a lab explosion. His cadaver is then used by a group of aliens who are invisible to communicate with fellow scientist Phillip Tonge. Tonge's a Linus Pauling type, wanting the world to disarm before Armeggeddon. Of course one encounter with the invisible crowd and he's seen the error of his ways.

    The aliens attack, opening the cemeteries and letting loose a gang of zombies on the world. Humans retreat to the underground and in one such bunker is Tonge, his daughter Jean Byron, fellow scientist Robert Hutton and John Agar to lend some military muscle to the project of finding the weapon that will destroy the invisible fiends.

    Though it's not quite as campy as Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, Invisible Invaders is right up there. If I had to make a guess as to which player appeared in more garbage in his career, the answer would be John Carradine. His film career lasted over 50 years and a voice that gave life to Shakespeare was used for science fiction at it's worst.

    I think Carradine just liked the paycheck and he also probably just loved hamming it up in parts like these. He made a lot of these awful films somewhat endurable.

    Robert Hutton and John Agar were a couple of once promising players who had seen their best days and now were scratching out a living in science fiction. Jean Byron though would shortly see her career part as Patty Duke's mother in the Patty Duke Show.

    But I'll bet she never saw sights in Brooklyn Heights like these invisible ones.
    modrock62

    Typical 50's Fare But A Notch Above The Rest

    This is typical 1950's B movie fare but I think it is a few notches above the rest. Ok, the acting is a bit hammy and campy even with the talents of John Agar, John Carradine and Jean Byron. The idea of the film is unique. Aliens, invisible to humans land on earth, inhabit the bodies of the dead to take over the planet. There are some stretches of boredom as frantic scientists and military personel try and figure out a way to combat the "invisible invaders", but at certain times this movie can give off a few chills. The reason for this is because at certain times, the movie resembles "Night Of The Living Dead" some 9 years earlier. The scenes of the "invaders" rumbling around as the recently revived dead are quite effective. The dead are almost as convincing as they were in "NOTLD". They roam around seemingly with no purpose though they do have one, arms outstreched, emotionless faces with darkened eyes. Quite effective and chilling in certain areas. Rest assured this movie is not "NOTLD" and pretty much is typical B fare but it does provide glimpses of a soon to come clasic and can give you a chill or two. I'd say rent it or better yet, buy it for your collection. It's fun!
    5utgard14

    "We cannot be defeated. We have never been defeated!"

    Invisible aliens stationed on the moon have had enough of Earth's atomic tomfoolery. So they use reanimated dead bodies of humans to let the nations of the world know they mean business, delivering an ultimatum that Earth better surrender to them or else! Now a group of people gather together in a bunker laboratory to work on a way to defeat the invisible invaders while zombies lurk outside.

    Edward L. Cahn directed this campy and cheap sci-fi movie with a muddled anti-nuke message. The special effects are poor with an overuse of stock footage and a monotone narration (one of the staples of no-budget sci-fi flicks back in the day). Still, Cahn produces a reasonable amount of atmosphere and it kept my interest throughout. The short runtime helps. It stars washed-up stars John Agar, John Carradine, and Robert Hutton, along with Jean Byron (of Patty Duke Show fame) and venerable character actor Philip Tonge. Other reviewers have pointed out that the movie might have inspired Night of the Living Dead. Whether that's truly the case or not, I don't know, but it is certainly something for movie buffs to chew on. Not a particularly good picture but fun in its way. Fans of '50 sci-fi will like it more than most.
    Michael_Elliott

    Agar and Carradine in Action

    Invisible Invaders (1959)

    ** (out of 4)

    Incredibly silly film about an invisible alien who comes to Earth to once again try to wipe us all out. Thankfully for us humans Maj. Bruce Jay (John Agar) is on hand to try and save us. INVISIBLE INVADERS has the reputation of being one of the worst films ever made but I think that's a tad bit too harsh for a number of reasons. The biggest for me is that it's hard for a 66-minute movie to be the worst ever made because the filmmakers are at least smart enough to not keep giving us stuff to make the movie run longer than it should. The 66-minutes actually go by rather fast for the most part and this is always a good thing. Another thing this film has going for it is that we're given some familiar names that cult and "B" movie fans are going to know. Agar certainly looks a bit tired here but maybe he just wasn't feeling good during the production. He's at least entertaining and has no problem carrying the film. John Carradine appears briefly at the start of the picture and while he's certainly not reaching the levels he did in THE GRAPES OF WRATH, it's still fun seeing him. Jean Byron plays the female/love interest and does a nice job as well. Robert Rutton is also in the cast and adds some charm. The special effects are pretty bland as usually we just gets piles of dirt "moving" to show us the invisible creature or we get branches moving. These certainly aren't groundbreaking but at the same time they could have been a lot worse. There's some stock footage used throughout with the funniest bit happening when a plane crashes, due to the aliens, but the stock footage is from a test run and you can see the "X" mark to where it's supposed to hit.

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    • Trivia
      Due to the film's meager budget, cast members had to perform their own stunts with little preparation or training. According to Robert Hutton, this almost led to disaster at least once during the shoot. John Agar very nearly overturned a jeep carrying himself and Hutton during a scene in which he was instructed to brake and swerve sharply. The jeep tilted onto two wheels and very nearly toppled over with the actors inside.
    • Goofs
      If the cab of the truck is radiation proof, the hand-held geiger counter Lamont uses would detect nothing.
    • Quotes

      Phyllis Penner: I thought you weren't going to make it.

      Maj. Bruce Jay: We almost did.

    • Crazy credits
      In the film, John Carradine's character is named Dr. Karol Noymann. In the ending cast list, his character is listed as "Carl Noymann."
    • Connections
      Edited from La Fusée de l'épouvante (1958)

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    • Release date
      • May 15, 1959 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Invisible Invaders
    • Filming locations
      • Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Premium Pictures Inc.
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      1 hour 7 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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