Not of This Earth
Feb 10 1957
•1h 7m
•Science Fiction, Horror
An agent from a distant planet has been sent to earth to ship large quantities of blood to his world, where a plague is ravaging the populace. He comes equipped with an interstellar matter transmitter, telepathic mind-control powers, and deathray-shooting eyes. Because he is also affected by the blood disease, he gains control of the town's physician and has him place a nurse at his disposal, while he collects live humans for fresh blood; but gains the nurse's suspicions, along with those of her boyfriend - a town police officer.
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Paul Birch
Paul Johnson
Beverly Garland
Nadine Story
Morgan Jones
Harry Sherbourne
William Roerick
Frederick W. Rochelle
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