The Man from Planet X (1951) Movie Overview

Edgar G. Ulmer (September 17, 1904 – September 30, 1972) was an Austrian-American film director. He is best remembered for the movies The Black Cat (1934) and Detour (1945). These stylish and eccentric works have achieved cult status, whereas Ulmer’s other films remain relatively unknown. Ulmer was born in Olomouc, in what is now the Czech Republic. As a young man he lived in Vienna, where he worked as a stage actor and set designer while studying architecture and philosophy. He did set design for Max Reinhardt’s theater, served his apprenticeship with F. W. Murnau, and worked with directors including Robert Siodmak, Billy Wilder, Fred Zinnemann, and Eugen Schüfftan, inventor of the Schüfftan process. He also claimed to have worked on Der Golem (1920), Metropolis (1927), and M (1931), but there is no evidence to support this. Ulmer came to Hollywood with Murnau in 1926 to assist with the art direction on Sunrise (1927). In an interview with Peter Bogdanovich, he also recalled making two-reel westerns in Hollywood around this time. The first feature he directed in North America, Damaged Lives (1933), is a low-budget exploitation film, exposing the horrors of venereal disease. It… Source

• The Man from Planet X Movie Details
• Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
• Official Sites: MGM Studios [us]
• Tagline: The WEIRDEST Visitor the Earth has ever seen!
• Country: USA
• Run Time: 70 min
• Genre: Horror , Romance , Sci-Fi

• Cast Overview
• Robert Clarke as John Lawrence
• Margaret Field as Enid Elliot
• Raymond Bond as Professor Elliot
• William Schallert as Dr. Mears
• Roy Engel as Tommy the Constable
• David Ormont as Inspector Porter

The Man from Planet X Movie Overview – Yahoo Movies

The Man From Planet X The Weirdest Visitor The Earth Has Ever Seen! (1951): A new planet is sighted in the sky, and it's spinning very close to the Isle of Berrey, Scotland. Professor Elliot (Raymond Bond) and his lovely daughter, Enid (Margaret Fielding) set up headquarters in a remote castle amid Berrey's foggy moors to see what happens… Source

The Man from Planet X Movie Review from New York Times

An inexpensive but atmospheric sci-fi film, Man from Planet X takes place on a lonely Scottish island. Science professor Raymond Bond is monitoring the orbit of the mysterious “Planet X,” which has entered the solar system and is travelling close to Earth. A spaceship lands from this planet, out of which pops a strange little man who looks somethin… Source

The Man from Planet X Movie Details from Imdb

To study a rogue planet heading for a near-miss with Earth, Prof. Elliot sets up an observatory on the foggy moors of a remote Scottish island, with his pretty daughter and Dr. Mears, a former student with a shady past. Soon after arrival of reporter John Lawrence, a ship from Planet X just happens to land near the observatory. Is the visitor (who… Source

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