I Married a Monster from Outer Space
Shuddery things from beyond the stars, here to breed with human women!
1958 | 78m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Gene Fowler Jr. |
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| Writer: | Louis Vittes |
| Staring: |
| Aliens from Outer Space are slowly switching places with real humans -- one of the first being a young man about to get married. Slowly, his new wife realizes something is wrong, and her suspicions are confirmed when her husband's odd behaviour begins to show up in other townspeople. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 01, 1958 |
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| Director: | Gene Fowler Jr. |
| Writer: | Louis Vittes |
| Genres: | Science Fiction, Horror |
| Keywords | drowning, spacecraft, paranoia, honeymoon, police chief, suspicion, wedding night, wedding-eve party, alien life-form, marriage, love, woods, murder, alien, alien invasion, german shepherd, posse, husband, alien possession, country club, human duplication, rayguns, town doctor, interbreeding, takeover of town, town bar, killed by oxygen, emotionlessness |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $175,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 02, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Tom Tryon | Bill Farrell |
| Gloria Talbott | Marge Bradley Farrell |
| Alan Dexter | Sam Benson |
| Jean Carson | Helen Rhodes |
| Ken Lynch | Dr. Wayne |
| Maxie Rosenbloom | Max Grady - Bartender |
| Peter Baldwin | Officer Hank Swanson |
| Jack Orrison | Officer Schultz |
| John Eldredge | Police Capt. H.B. Collins |
| Robert Ivers | Harry Phillips |
| Chuck Wassil | Ted Hanks |
| Ty Hardin | Mac Brody (as Ty Hungerford) |
| Valerie Allen | Francine - Hooker |
| Mary Treen | Mother Bradley (uncredited) |
| James Anderson | Weldon |
| Steve London | Charles Mason |
| Darlene Fields | Caroline Hanks (uncredited) |
| Tony Di Milo | Mr. Potter - Western Union Clerk (uncredited) |
| Sherry Staiger | First Girl (uncredited) |
| Helen Jay | Second Girl (uncredited) |
| Arthur Lovejoy | Minister (uncredited) |
| Ralph Manza | Ralph the Waiter (uncredited) |
| Charles Gemora | Alien (uncredited) |
| Joe Gray | Alien (uncredited) |
| Harold Miller | Wedding Guest (uncredited) |
| Bess Flowers | Wedding Guest (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Charles Gemora | Makeup Artist |
| Wally Westmore | Makeup Supervisor |
| Sam Comer | Set Decoration |
| Henry Bumstead | Art Direction |
| Al Peterson | Craft Service |
| Bill Cunningham | Publicist |
| Dorothy Yutzi | Script Supervisor |
| Daniele Amfitheatrof | Original Music Composer |
| John Noble | Costumer |
| Hazel Hegarty | Costumer |
| Paul Weddell | Assistant Camera |
| Darrell Turnmire | Key Grip |
| Mike Semenario | Grip |
| Joe Schuster | Best Boy Electric |
| Glen E. Richardson | Still Photographer |
| Kenneth Meade | Camera Operator |
| John P. Fulton | Visual Effects |
| Ted Wasserman | Utility Sound |
| Bob Simpson | Boom Operator |
| Jim Miller | Sound Recordist |
| Philip Wisdom | Sound Recordist |
| Charles Grenzbach | Sound Recordist |
| Carl Coleman | Props |
| Bud Brill | Second Assistant Director |
| William Mull | Assistant Director |
| Don Robb | Unit Production Manager |
| Curtis Mick | Assistant Production Manager |
| Frank Caffey | Production Manager |
| Dean Cole | Hairdresser |
| Nellie Manley | Hair Supervisor |
| Robert R. Benton | Set Decoration |
| Hal Pereira | Art Direction |
| Bert McKay | Casting Director |
| George Tomasini | Editor |
| Haskell B. Boggs | Director of Photography |
| Louis Vittes | Writer |
| Gene Fowler Jr. | Director |
| Jim Cottrell | Props |
| Victor Young | Original Music Composer |
| Franz Waxman | Original Music Composer |
| Leith Stevens | Original Music Composer |
| Hugo Friedhofer | Original Music Composer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Gene Fowler Jr. | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 |
| 2024 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 5 |
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| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
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'I Married A Monster From Outer Space' doesn't stray too far from the run-of-the-mill 50s sci-fi that has become a pop-culture cliché, but it does distinguish itself enough to almost be regarded a classic of the genre. Real thought has clearly gone into it, to offer audiences at the time something m ... ore substantial than the usual B-grade monster scares, and it's for this reason that, over sixty years later, it justifies still being in conversation. - Daniel Lammin Read Daniel's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-i-married-a-monster-from-outer-space-the-world-blu-ray-debut-of-a-1950s-sci-fi-curio
Jun 23, 2021