ロボット大襲来 (1954)

豆知識

Target Earth is a 1954 independently made American black-and-white science fiction film, produced by Herman Cohen, directed by Sherman A. Rose, that stars Richard Denning, Kathleen Crowley, Virginia Grey, Richard Reeves and Whit Bissell. It was written by James H. Nicholson, Wyott Ordung and William Raynor based on the story "Deadly City" by Paul W. Fairman in the March 1953 edition of the magazine If: Worlds of Science Fiction. The film was released on November 7, 1954 by Allied Artists Pictures Corporation.

Production

Principal photography began in mid-July 1954 at Kling Studios, for a tight seven-day shooting schedule that also included outdoor shooting. While the story is set in Chicago, Target Earth was actually filmed in Los Angeles. Empty street scenes were filmed during early morning hours before normal traffic began.

Actor Robert Roark was given a role because his father was a large investor in Target Earth.

Even though a "robot army" is mentioned several times during the film, only one robot was constructed for the production, which was then used in all scenes to depict the invasion. When actor Steve Calvert, who played the robot, was not working on B films, he regularly worked as a bartender at Ciro's on the Sunset Strip. He also played the apes in Bride of the Gorilla (1951) and Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla (1952).

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