Invaders from Mars (1953) +1
One stormy night, young David MacLean sees a flying saucer land in the sand pit behind his family’s house. When his father goes to investigate, he comes back cold, distant, and marked with a strange mark on the back of his neck. Soon David’s mother and other townspeople change in the same way, and the boy realizes that something is taking over the community one person at a time.
No one believes him, not even the police. Only Dr. Pat Blake, the town’s kind child psychologist, and the astronomer Dr. Kelston take him seriously. Together they uncover a terrifying plot that leads beneath the sand pit, where a Martian intelligence is preparing an invasion. As the military closes in, David must fight to convince the adults before it is too late.
Directed by William Cameron Menzies, this Cold War sci-fi classic is told through a child’s eyes and is famous for its dreamlike, nightmarish atmosphere. Starring Jimmy Hunt, Helena Carter, Arthur Franz, and Leif Erickson.
🎭 GENRES
Horror • Sci-Fi
🌍 ALSO KNOWN AS (AKA)
Original title: Invaders from Mars
🇺🇸 Invation from Mars (alternative spelling)
🇺🇸 The Invaders
🇺🇸🇲🇽🇪🇸🇻🇪 Invasores de Marte
🇵🇹 Invasores de Marte
🇦🇷🇺🇾 Los invasores de Marte
🇧🇷 Os Invasores de Marte
🇪🇸 Els invasors de Mart (Catalan)
🇫🇷🇨🇦 Les Envahisseurs de la planète rouge
🇫🇷 L’invasion vient de Mars
🇧🇪 L’attaque des martiens (French)
🇧🇪 Mars valt aan
🇳🇱 Mars slaat toe
🇩🇪 Invasion vom Mars
🇨🇿 Útočníci z Marsu / Invaze z Marsu
🇸🇰 Invázia z Marsu / Votrelci z Marsu
🇩🇰 Angrebet fra Mars
🇳🇴 Angriperne fra Mars / Overfallsmennene fra Mars
🇸🇪 Anfall från Mars
🇫🇮 Avaruuden pirut / Anfall från Mars / Rymdens djävlar
🇪🇪 Tulnukad Marsilt
🇭🇺 Hódítók a Marsról
🇮🇹 Gli invasori spaziali
🇵🇱 Najeźdźcy z Marsa
🇷🇴 Invadatori din Marte
🇷🇸 Osvajači sa Marsa
🇬🇷 Eisvoleis ap’ ton Ari / Εισβολείς απ’ τον Άρη
🇷🇺 Захватчики с Марса
🇯🇵 惑星アドベンチャー スペース・モンスター襲来!
🇯🇵 惑星アドベンチャー スペースモンスター襲来!
🇯🇵 火星人の襲来
Would you have believed David—or dismissed what he saw?
A taciturn, solitary stranger rides into a ghost town where a ruthless bandit and his gang are hiding a stolen fortune in US Army gold. Seeking a share of the loot after aiding their operation, the stranger is brutally double-crossed and left for dead. Driven by vengeance and relentless persistence, the stranger recovers and systematically hunts down the gang, using strategy, stealth, and a deadly concealed shotgun to settle the score.
🎬 CAST
Tony Anthony — The Stranger
Jolanda Modio — Chica (Italian version) (as Yolanda Modio, Jolanda Modìo)
Raf Baldassarre — Corvo
Aldo Berti — Marinero
Enrico Capoleoni
Arturo Corso — Aguilar Henchman
Antonio Marsina — Aguilar Henchman
Salvatore Puntillo — Priest
Fortunato Arena — Captain Cordoba
Rossella Bergamonti — Village Woman (as Rosella Bergamonti)
Giuseppe Carbone — Paco (as Ugo Carbone)
Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia — Aguilar Henchman (as Ivan Scratt)
Gia Sandri — Maria ‘Maruka’ Pilar
Frank Wolff — Aguilar (as Frank Wolf)
🎥 DIRECTOR
Luigi Vanzi (as Vance Lewis)
✍️ WRITERS
Warren Garfield — screenplay
Giuseppe Mangione — screenplay (as Jone Mang, John Mangione)
🎭 GENRES
Action, Drama, Western
🎬 ALSO KNOWN AS (AKA)
🌐 🇮🇹 Un dollaro tra i denti (Original Title)
🇦🇷 🇪🇸 Un dólar entre los dientes
🇦🇹 🇩🇪 Ein Dollar zwischen den Zähnen
🇧🇪 Een dollar tussen de tanden (Flemish Title)
🇧🇪 🇨🇦 🇫🇷 Un dollar entre les dents
🇧🇷 Um Dólar Entre Os Dentes
🇧🇬 Долар между зъбите
🇭🇷 🇾🇺 Stranac u gradu
🇩🇰 En dollar mellem tænderne
🇫🇮 Dollari hampaissa (Video Box Title)
🇬🇷 Ena dollario anamesa sta dontia (Transliterated Title)
🇬🇷 Ένα δολλάριο ανάμεσα στα δόντια
🇮🇪 🇬🇧 For a Dollar in the Teeth (Poster Title in Ireland)
🇮🇹 🇳🇴 A Dollar Between the Teeth (Literal English Title in Italy)
🇯🇵 Akatsuki no yojinbo
🇯🇵 One Dollar in the Teeth (English Poster Title)
🇯🇵 暁の用心棒
🇵🇹 Um Dólar nos Dentes
☭ Доллар истинный и фальшивый (Russian Title)
🇸🇪 En dollar mellan tänderna
🇹🇷 Dişler arasında bir dolar
🇺🇸 🌍 A Stranger in Town (DVD Title in the U.S.)
🌍 Donde vas extranjero (Spanish Poster Title)
🇾🇺 Stranec vo gradot (Macedonian Title)
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