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"The Man from Planet X" released

When: 27 Apr 1951
Sources: 1 public source

Margaret Field in the trailer for The Man from Planet X (1951) film trailer screenshot (United Artists), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

United Artists released The Man from Planet X, an Edgar G. Ulmer film in which a visitor from an approaching planet lands its spaceship on the moor of a remote Scottish island. It was one of the earliest U.S. features about a landed alien craft.

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OtherThe Man from Planet X (1951) catalog entry (opens in a new tab)American Film Institute (AFI Catalog of Feature Films)

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