I Married a Monster from Outer Space
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| Directed by | Gene Fowler Jr. |
| Produced by | Gene Fowler Jr. |
| Written by | Louis Vittes |
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| Cinematography | Haskell Boggs |
| Edited by | George Tomasini |
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Paramount Pictures
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| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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78 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $125,000 |
I Married a Monster from Outer Space is a 1958 American black-and-white science fiction film from Paramount Pictures, produced and directed by Gene Fowler Jr. that stars Tom Tryon and Gloria Talbott. The film was theatrically released in 1958 on a double bill with The Blob.
After their honeymoon, a young wife realizes that her new husband has become strangely transformed. He has lost all affection for her and for his pet dogs, even his earlier habits have completely vanished. Thereafter, she quickly discovers that he is not the only man in town that has changed into a completely different person.
Young newlywed Marge Farrell (Gloria Talbott) notices that her new husband Bill (Tom Tryon) is acting oddly: He doesn't show any signs of affection towards her or anything else, including his pet dogs, which he used to love. Marge is also very concerned because she cannot become pregnant.
She soon notices that other husbands in her social circle are all acting the same way. One night, she follows Bill when he goes for a walk. She discovers that he is not the man she married but an alien impostor: An extraterrestrial lifeform leaves his human body and enters a hidden spaceship.
She confronts Bill, and he eventually explains that all the females on his planet are now extinct, and that he and other males of his species are taking over human men so they can mate with Earth's women, saving their race from extinction. Marge is horrified at this prospect and tries to warn others of this alien plot, but too many men in town have already been taken over, including the town's Chief of Police.
Finally, her doctor (Ken Lynch) comes to believe her wild story, and he gathers up a posse to attack the aliens in their hidden spaceship. Although bullets can't hurt the invaders, they are defenseless against a pair of German shepherd dogs being used by the posse; eventually, all the aliens are killed by the dogs.
Entering the spaceship, the posse finds that all the human male captives are still alive, including Bill. Shortly thereafter, a fleet of spaceships is seen taking off from all over the world; the aliens must seek females elsewhere, now that their breeding plan on Earth has been discovered.
Both director Gene Fowler Jr. and screenwriter Louis Vittes had worked in series television and had some success. With I Married a Monster from Outer Space, both had some creative freedom, although Vittes was notoriously resistant to any changes to his script, to the annoyance of the leads. Principal photography for I Married a Monster from Outer Space began on April 21 and ended in early May 1958. On September 10, 1958, the film premiered in Los Angeles, followed by its U. S. and Canadian theatrical release in October.
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