Plan 9 from Outer Space
A determined space soldier teams up with his partner to thwart an extraterrestrial plot that resurrects the dead and threatens humanity, racing against time to stop the looming invasion before Earth is overrun.
“Unspeakable horrors from outer space paralyze the living and resurrect the dead!”
Synopsis
In California, an elderly man mourns the death of his wife and passes away the day after her funeral. Eros, a space soldier, and his partner Tanna use an electric device to bring him and his wife back to life, along with Inspector Clay, who had been killed by the couple under alien control. As flying saucers appear in the skies over Hollywood and Washington, D.C., a colonel, a police lieutenant, a commercial pilot, his wife, and a policeman attempt to halt the alien threat.
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Principal cast & crew: 31
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Edited by Edward D Wood JrShot by William C Thompson
Box Office
1957 · Box office
Produced on a $60K budget
Production budget
$60K
Also known as
- Plan 9 aus dem Weltallde
- Plan 9 del espacio exteriores
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Cast & Crew
31 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Gregory Walcott
as Jeff Trent
Tom Keene
as Colonel Tom Edwards
Mona Mckinnon
as Paula Trent
Duke Moore
as Lt. John Harper
Carl Anthony
as Patrolman Larry
Paul Marco
as Patrolman Kelton
Tor Johnson
as Inspector Daniel Clay
Dudley Manlove
as Eros
Joanna Lee
as Tanna
Bunny Breckinridge
as Ruler
Lyle Talbot
as General Roberts
Conrad Brooks
as Patrolman Jamie
Supporting cast
18Maila Nurmi
as Vampire Girl
Bela Lugosi
as Ghoul Man
Criswell
as Self / Narrator
David De Mering
as Danny
Norma Mccarty
as Edith
Lynn Lemon
as Reverend
Ben Frommer
as Man
Gloria Dea
as Girl
Donald A Davis
as Drunk (uncredited)
Johnny Duncan
as Second Stretcher Bearer (uncredited)
Tom Mason
as Ghoul Man (uncredited)
Karl Johnson
as Farmer Calder (uncredited)
J Edward Reynolds
as Gravedigger (uncredited)
Hugh Thomas Jr
as Gravedigger (uncredited)
Pauline Reynolds
as Woman in Telephone Booth (uncredited)
Clay Stone
as Mourner Reading Bible in Opening Scene (uncredited)
James Miller
as Man (uncredited)
Edward D Wood Jr
as Man Holding Newspaper (uncredited)
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