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Original British 1-sheet poster
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Directed by | Alan Bridges |
Produced by | Jack Greenwood |
Written by | Roger Marshall |
Based on | a story by Robert Holmes |
Starring |
Edward Judd Yoko Tani |
Music by | Bernard Ebbinghouse |
Cinematography | James Wilson |
Edited by | Derek Holding |
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Distributed by | Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors (UK) |
Release date
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1966 |
Running time
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82 min. |
Country | United Kingdom |
Invasion is a 1966 low-budget British sci-fi film, directed by Alan Bridges for producer Jack Greenwood of Merton Park Studios.
The film was written by Roger Marshall from a storyline by Robert Holmes. Holmes later re-used elements of his storyline in a 1970 Doctor Who serial entitled Spearhead from Space, starring Jon Pertwee.
It tells the story of an alien spacecraft which crash-lands on Earth, near a secluded hospital in the Home counties. The aliens, who are humanoid and resemble Asians, are taken to a rural hospital where they cause a forcefield to be raised around the building.
The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction praises Alan Bridges' direction, saying that he "creates a powerfully strange atmosphere despite a very small budget."
The film was theatrically released by Anglo-Amalgamated in the UK, and by American International Pictures in the United States.
A very brief video release by Warner Home Video was available in the UK in 1992.
A DVD version was re-released in November 2014 by Networkonair.