The Invaders
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| Genre | Science fiction |
| Created by | Larry Cohen |
| Directed by |
Lewis Allen Richard Benedict Richard Butler Robert Day Robert Douglas William Hale Jesse Hibbs Don Medford Sutton Roley Joseph Sargent Paul Wendkos |
| Starring |
Roy Thinnes Kent Smith |
| Narrated by |
Dick Wesson (episode credits) William Woodson (all other narration) |
| Theme music composer | Dominic Frontiere |
| Country of origin | USA |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 43 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Quinn Martin |
| Producer(s) | Alan A. Armer |
| Cinematography | Andrew J. McIntyre |
| Running time | 51 min. |
| Distributor | CBS Television Distribution |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Picture format | 4:3 35 mm film |
| Audio format | Mono |
| Original release | January 10, 1967 – March 26, 1968 |
The Invaders is an American science fiction television program created by Larry Cohen that aired on ABC for two seasons, from 1967 to 1968.Dominic Frontiere, who had provided scores for Twelve O'Clock High and The Outer Limits, provided scores for The Invaders as well.
The series was a Quinn Martin Production (Season One was produced in association with the ABC Television Network, or as it was listed in the end credits, "The American Broadcasting Company Television Networks").
Roy Thinnes stars as architect David Vincent, who accidentally learns of a secret alien invasion already underway and thereafter travels from place to place attempting to foil the aliens' plots and warn a skeptical populace of the danger. As the series progresses Vincent is able to convince a small number of people to help him fight the aliens.
In many episodes, at least one individual, often a key figure such as a USAF intelligence officer ('The Innocent'), a police officer ('Genesis', 'The Spores'), a U.S. Army major ('Doomsday Minus One'), or a NASA official ('Moonshot') would become aware of the alien threat and survive the episode in which he or she was introduced. In 'The Leeches' a millionaire (Arthur Hill) survives an alien abduction after being rescued by Vincent, while in 'Quantity: Unknown' a scientist (Susan Strasberg) is convinced of alien technology. In 'The Saucer' guest stars Anne Francis and Charles Drake witness an alien saucer's landing. In the second season, larger groups of surviving witnesses were featured, as in episodes 'Dark Outpost' and 'The Pursued', and three scientists in 'Labyrinth'. Most significant of these is millionaire industrialist Edgar Scoville (Kent Smith) who became a semi-regular character as of December 1967, heading a small but influential group from the episode 'The Believers'. Later episodes saw the military involved ('The Peacemaker') as Vincent's claims were now clearly being taken more seriously. In 'The Miracle' (guest star Barbara Hershey), after an alien encounter Vincent manages to retain a piece of alien technology both as evidence and for examination by both his group and the authorities.
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