Invasion of the Saucer Men

Invasion of the Saucer Men
Theatrical release poster by Albert Kallis
Directed by	Edward L. Cahn
Produced by	Robert J. Gurney Jr. James H. Nicholson
Written by	Robert J. Gurney Jr. Al Martin
Based on	short story "The Cosmic Frame" by Paul W. Fairman
Starring	Steven Terrell Gloria Castillo Frank Gorshin Raymond Hatton Lyn Osborn
Music by	Ronald Stein
Cinematography	Frederick E. West
Edited by	Charles Gross Ronald Sinclair
Production company	Malibu Productions
Distributed by	American International Pictures
Release date	June 1957 (1957-06)
Running time	69 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Invasion of the Saucer Men (a.k.a. Invasion of the Hell Creatures, with the working title Spacemen Saturday Night), is a 1957 black-and-white science fiction/horror comedy film, produced by James H. Nicholson for release by his American International Pictures. The film was directed by Edward L. Cahn and stars Steven Terrell and Gloria Castillo. The screenplay by Robert J. Gurney Jr. and Al Martin was based on the 1955 short story "The Cosmic Frame" by Paul W. Fairman. Invasion of the Saucer Men was released on a double bill with I Was a Teenage Werewolf.

A flying saucer lands in the woods. A teenage couple, Johnny Carter (Terrell) and Joan Haydon (Castillo), while driving to their local lover's lane without the headlights on, accidentally run down one of the saucer's large-headed occupants.

Joe Gruen (Frank Gorshin), a drunken opportunist, stumbles across the alien's corpse after the teenagers have left to report the incident. Imagining future riches and fame, he plans to keep the body, storing it for now in his refrigerator. After failing to convince his buddy Artie Burns (Lyn Osborn) to help him retrieve the alien body, Joe decides to head for home. Other aliens soon arrive, however, and quickly inject alcohol into his veins via their retractable hypodermic needle fingernails. Joe, already intoxicated, soon dies from alcohol poisoning.

Having reported the accident and the deceased alien to the police, Johnny and Joan return with the sheriff, only to find Joe's dead body instead of the alien. The police then decide to charge both teenagers with vehicular manslaughter.