Devil Girl from Mars

Devil Girl from Mars (1954)

Invasion from Outer Space!...Sights too weird to imagine! Destruction too monstrous to escape!

Eight people at a remote Scottish inn find themselves confronted by a woman from Mars, who has landed her flying saucer for repairs but intends to soon conquer the Earth and enslave its men for breeding purposes.

Date of release
1954-05-01
TMDB
5.2 / 10 (56)
Runtime
1h 17m
Genres
Science Fiction, Horror
Director
David MacDonald

Casting

Interesting facts

Devil Girl from Mars is a 1954 British second feature black-and-white science fiction film directed by David MacDonald and starring Patricia Laffan, Hugh McDermott, Hazel Court, Peter Reynolds, and Adrienne Corri. The screenplay was by James Eastwood-based on a play by John C. Mather and Eastwood, and was produced by the Danziger Brothers. It was released by British Lion and released in the United States the following year.

Production

In an interview with Frank J. Dello Stritto, screenwriter John Chartres Mather claimed that Devil Girl from Mars came about while he was working with The Danzigers, who were producing Calling Scotland Yard (1953) that appeared as both an American television series and as cinema featurettes in Great Britain and the British Commonwealth.

The film was made at Shepperton Studios with sets designed by the art director Norman G. Arnold. It was made on a very low budget, with no retakes except in cases where the actual film stock became damaged; it was shot over a period of three weeks, often filming well into the night. Actress Hazel Court later said: "I remember great fun on the set. It was like a repertory company acting that film".

The robot, named Chani, was constructed by Jack Whitehead and was operated by a human being.

The alien Klaatu, posing as "Mr. Carpenter" in The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), was intended by screenwriter Edmund H. North to evoke Jesus Christ, and there are indications that the Martian woman Nyah was intended to evoke an anti-Virgin Mary image.

Devil Girl from Mars's sound editor was Gerry Anderson (credited as Gerald Anderson), later to create UK television series such as Thunderbirds. To save time and money, composer Edwin Astley reused his Saber of London TV series score for the film.

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