Media1953

Invaders from Mars premieres

When: 9 Apr 1953
Sources: 1 public source

A June 1953 drive-in advertisement for Invaders from Mars Twentieth Century-Fox, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

William Cameron Menzies' color film, distributed by 20th Century-Fox, premiered in Detroit. A boy sees a saucer land behind his house and finds Martians controlling townspeople, including his parents, through devices implanted in their necks.

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OtherInvaders from Mars (1953) (opens in a new tab)AFI Catalog of Feature Films

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