The Navy vs. the Night Monsters
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| Directed by |
Michael A. Hoey Jon Hall (uncredited) |
| Produced by |
Jack Broder Roger Corman (uncredited) |
| Written by | Michael A. Hoey |
| Based on | The Monster from Earth's End (novel) by Murray Leinster |
| Starring |
Mamie Van Doren Anthony Eisley |
| Music by | Gordon Zahler |
| Cinematography | Stanley Cortez |
| Edited by | George White |
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Standard Club of California Productions
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| Distributed by | Realart Pictures Inc. |
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Running time
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87 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $178,000 |
The Navy vs. the Night Monsters (also known as Monsters of the Night and The Night Crawlers) is a 1966 independently made American science fiction film produced by Jack Broder (and Roger Corman, uncredited), written and directed by Michael A. Hoey, and starring Mamie Van Doren, Anthony Eisley, Billy Gray, Bobby Van and Pamela Mason. It was distributed by Realart Pictures Inc.
A group of scientists with Operation Deep Freeze discover frozen prehistoric trees and other specimens in the Antarctic dating back to the first Ice Age. They collect samples of each for further study and load them aboard their C-47 military transport.
The dull, workaday life at the Navy weather station base on Gow Island in the South Pacific is interrupted by that very same C-47 transport aircraft. On a routine approach for refueling, the transport experiences unusual trouble and suddenly crash lands on the island's single airstrip, destroying its control tower and the island's only two-way radio. The stricken aircraft also blocks the runway, preventing its further use. Lieutenant Charles Brown (Eisley) is in command of Gow's weather station. He, Navy nurse Nora Hall (Van Doren), and biologist Arthur Beecham (Walter Sande) reach the wreck only to find that seven scientists and crew aboard the cargo aircraft when it left Antarctica are now mysteriously missing. The only one found aboard is the transport's pilot, who is traumatized and in a state of shock, unable to speak.
Unloading the prehistoric cargo from the crashed C-47, Dr. Beecham recommends planting the trees to ensure their survival in the island's tropical conditions. Somewhat later, Gow Island's bird population becomes disturbed by something unknown. At the same time, the weather station's scientists try to figure out a connection between this event and a corrosive residue that begins turning up at various island locations.
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