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1953HORROR/MONSTER/SCIENCE FICTION MOVIES
AN INVISIBLE ALIEN FROM OUTER SPACE CRASHES ON EARTH NEAR AN AMERICAN OBSERVATORY. AFTER THE ALIEN KILLS A FEW PICNICKERS, THE POLICE TAKE NOTICE AND, WITH THE HELP OF SOME SCIENTISTS, THEY DISCOVER THAT THE ALIEN MUST WEAR A HELMET CONTAINING AIR FROM HIS HOME PLANET TO SURVIVE. THE SCIENTISTS TRAP THE ALIEN, MAKE HIM VISIBLE USING AN INFRA-RED LIGHT MACHINE, & TAKE HIS HELMET OFF THUS KILLING HIM. SCIENCE FICTION. SPACEMEN, SPACESHIPS, FLYING SAUCER, LIGHTNING BOLTS.

WITH TED COOPER, RUDOLPH ANDERS, NOREEN NASH, JAMES SEAY, HARRY LANDERS, JACK DALY, DICK SANDS, LELA NELSON, MICHAEL MARK.

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PLANE FLYING SOLO
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BIRDS EYE VIEW OF WASHINGTON, D.C.
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MANY PLANES FLY OVER D.C.
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VIEW OF AIR BASE
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NAVY SAILOR AT BOAT WHEEL
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PAN UP ON CONTROL TOWER
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MAN WALKS ON BEACH
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UFO IN SKY
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MAN LOOKS THRU BINOCULARS
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RADAR
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BATTLESHIP AT SEA
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RADAR
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HAND CIRCLES MAP
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UFO IN SKY
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PEOPLE IN CONTROL ROOM MONITOR
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UFO'S LOCATION. MANY PLANES TAKE OFF
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COMPASS & MAP
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MAPS
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MAN TUNES RADIO SIGNALS
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CONTROL ROOM
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OLD CAR DRIVES DOWN DIRT ROAD
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TWO MEN IN CAR
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CONTROL ROOM
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SHOT OF RADIO TRANSMITTER
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MAN ON RADIO
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MEN IN CONTROL ROOM, HEADQUARTERS
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MAN ON RADIO
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CAR WITH ANTENNA (SATELLITE) ON TOP, DRIVES WOMAN ON ROAD, FLAGS IT DOWN
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BACK TO HEADQUARTERS
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WOMAN TALKS TO MAN INSIDE CAR. MAN CALLS FOR HELP ON RADIO
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MAN GETS OUT OF CAR AND WALKS WITH WOMAN TO SEE WHAT'S WRONG
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TWO CARS STOPPED IN ROAD, DRIVERS TALK TO ONE ANOTHER
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MAN WALKING APPROACHES THE DRIVERS, MAN BORROWS CAR
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POLICE STATION BUILDING
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TWO INVESTIGATORS, A CLERK AND SOMEONE BEING INTERROGATED
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JUST THE INTERROGATE AND PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR TALKING
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COP CAR WITH SIRENS ON ZOOMS DOWN ROAD
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COP & PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR INVESTIGATE SCENE
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PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR WITH MAN IN CAR
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BACK TO INVESTIGATION
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MAN WITH THICK RIMMED GLASSES SPEAKS WITH INVESTIGATOR
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CAR DRIVES UP TO HOUSE. PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR GOES OUT TO TALK TO HIM, CAR PULLS AWAY
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SATELLITE DISH ROTATING
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OBSCURE SHOT OF MAN AT CONTROL PANEL
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CAR DRIVES THRU WOODS
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MEN IN CAR PULL UP TO SCENE. WATCH FROM ACROSS THE LAKE
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PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR, BACK AT POLICE STATION, TALKS TO LIEUTENANT WHO IS LOOKING AT FINGERPRINTS
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MAN WALKS INTO ROOM, ASKS FOR A LIEUTENANT
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TWO MEN DRINK COFFEE AND DISCUSS SCENE (USING MAP)
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SKETCH ARTIST HANDS P.I. HIS WORK, THEY STUDY IT.
IT IS A SKETCH OF AN ALIEN LOOKING CREATURE
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NEW MAN COMES IN TO BE QUESTIONED. THEY SHOW HIM THE SKETCH
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MAN ON PHONE
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CLOCK
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COP GIVES TELEGRAM TO INVESTIGATORS
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"GRIFFITH INSTITUTE"
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CONFERENCE ROOM, COLONEL AND LIEUTENANT AND INVESTIGATORS
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CAR DRIVES UP WITH SATELLITE
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MONTAGE OF CU, PEOPLE GETTING READY FOR THE JOB
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WATCH
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RADIO TRANSMITTER
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MAN IN CONTROL ROOM
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COP CAR
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SPACEMAN RUNS ON TOP OF ROOF, LOOKS DOWN AND SEES CARS
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OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATORS STAND BY CAR
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SPACEMAN'S SHADOW, RUNS
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SPACEMAN APPROACHES THE CARS. GETS SCARED & RUNS AWAY
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THREE MEN'S SHADOWS ON WALL, THEY LOOK FOR NEPTUNE MAN
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SPACEMAN RUNS
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THREE MEN WALK
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SPACEMAN RUNS, WE SEE HIS
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SHADOW. THREE MEN CHASE HIM
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SPACEMAN RUNS DOWNSTAIRS. IS SEEN BY ONE OF THE INVESTIGATORS AND PUSHES HIM OUT OF HIS WAY
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OTHER INVESTIGATORS RUN TO HELP
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ALL OF THE COPS SPOT HIM. THEY RUN TO CHASE HIM
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SPACEMAN'S SHADOW
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MEN COME TO A DEAD END
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SPACEMAN COMES OUT OF DOORWAY
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THEY SPOT HIM ONCE AGAIN
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SPACEMAN FEELS CAUGHT
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SPACEMAN TAKES HELMET OFF & HE HAS NO HEAD
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THE MEN WARN HIM TO COME OUT AT ONCE
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SPACEMAN TAKES HIS WHOLE SUIT OFF. HE IS INVISIBLE
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MEN BREAK DOWN DOOR, THEY RECOGNIZE HIS SUIT JUST LYING THERE
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THEY CARRY HIS SUIT TO THE TRUNK
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MAGICALLY, THE DOOR OPENS AND
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CAR BACKS INTO GARAGE. YOUNG COUPLE WITH DOG CHAT WITH COPS
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WOMAN CHASES AFTER DOG
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SPACEMAN (INVISIBLE) RUMMAGES THRU HOUSE
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DOG BARKS AT DOOR, WOMAN REASSURES HIM, IT'S ON ONE
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WOMAN, COLONEL AND DOCTOR INVESTIGATE SPACE SUIT
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WATCHES
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BACK IN THE LABORATORY WITH THE INVESTIGATION
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CAR PULLS UP
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BACK IN LAB
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MAN ON PHONE SPEAKS WITH PEOPLE IN THE LAB
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WOMAN IN LAB, DOES TESTS WITH BEAKERS
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INVISIBLE MAN OPENS DOOR COMES INTO LAB, WOMAN DROPS POWDER ON FLOOR AND SUDDENLY SHE REALIZES SOMETHING IS STRANGE. SHE GOES TO THE DOOR, DOORKNOB MOVES BY ITSELF
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WOMAN IN LAB IS VERY FRIGHTENED AT THE OBJECTS MOVING BY THEMSELVES
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MAN WITH GLASSES APPROACHES LAB DOOR. HE CALLS HER NAME
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SHE WARNS HIM ABOUT THE INVISIBLE CREATURE IN THE LAB WITH HER
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SHE HEARS HIM TRY TO BREAK DOWN DOOR, BUT SHE WARNS HIM OFF AND SENDS HIM FOR HELP
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THREE MEN WITH AUTHORITY
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MAN RUNNING FOR HELP THRU LARGE BUILDING
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HE GREETS THEM WITH A WARNING (TWO MEN) HE CONVINCES THEM TO GO WITH HIM
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THEY REACH THE LABORATORY AND THERE ISN'T ANYONE THERE ANYMORE
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THE MEN PURSUE THE STRANGER
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MAN FINDS WOMAN, SHE IS BEING DRAGGED BY THE NECK, BY THE INVISIBLE SPACEMAN
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WOMAN STILL BEING DRAGGED
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TWO OF THE MEN DISCUSS PROBLEM
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WOMAN WAKES UP FROM TRAUMA. HER SIGN HAS BEEN SCREWED UP
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THREE MEN ARGUE
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THE SPACE SUIT RISES, THE SPACEMAN PUTS IT ON HIS HEAD (HELMET)
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WOMAN IS QUITE SCARED, THE HELMET COMES RIGHT FOR HER. SHE GRABS KNIFE & THREATENS HIM BUT HE GRABS WRIST AND MAKES HER DROP THEM
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HE PICKS UP SCISSORS AND STARTS A CODE. SHE WRITES DOWN WHAT HE'S SAYING
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HIS INVISIBILITY STARTS TO FADE AND AN ARM & HAND APPEAR, THE WOMAN SCREAMS
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THREE MEN HEAR HER. THEY RUSH TO THE LAB AND OPEN THE DOOR
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SHE IS IN THERE LOOKING FOR HIM, MEANWHILE, THE PHANTOM IS GOING OUT THE WINDOW
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DOG BARKING. THE FOUR PEOPLE STAND IN LAB WONDERING WHERE DID HE GO?
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DOG STILL BARKING
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THE SUIT DISINTEGRATES, THE THREE LAB PEOPLE WATCH IT DISINTEGRATE
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DOG BARKS AT COLONEL
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COPS PULL UP IN CAR
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THEY BRING BOX (SUIT WAS IN) TO DOCTOR-SCIENTIST.
EXPLAINS THINGS TO THEM. PROPOSES THAT THE INVISIBLE MAN IS SUPERHUMAN
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SURVEILLANCE AT NIGHT IN FIELD
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BACK TO SCIENTIST
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SATELLITE OUTSIDE
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RADIO TRANSMITTER & CONTROL ROOM BOY & GUY PICK UP SIGNALS THRU RADIO
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MEN SURVEYING FIELD WITH SATELLITE HEAR THE TAPPING CODE AGAIN
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FOUR INVESTIGATORS SIT & SMOKE
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MONTAGE OF TWO DOORWAYS, MAN RIGGING MACHINERY
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ROAD TO LAB IS BLOCKED OFF AND COP STOPS CAR
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BACK TO CONFERENCE TABLE
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