The Cosmic Man is a 1959 American sci-fi horror film about a spherical UFO that proves to contain an alien visitor.
Directed by Herbert S. Greene from a screenplay by Arthur C. Pierce (Terror in the Midnight Sun, The Astral Factor).
Herbert S. Greene was assistant director on Invisible Invaders, The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (both 1959) and Strait-Jacket (1963).
The filmstars John Carradine, Bruce Bennett, Angela Greene,Paul Langton,Scotty Morrow,Lyn Osborn,Walter Maslow,Herbert Lytton.
Plot:
After being tracked at 180,000 mph inside the Earth’s atmosphere, a white, spherical object lands in the California desert, accompanied by a strange semi-transparent man-shaped humanoid figure. He appears friendly, but is he?
Trailer:
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Cast and characters:
John Carradine … Cosmic Man; Bruce Bennett … Doctor Karl Sorenson; Angela Greene … Kathy Grant; Paul Langton … Colonel Matthews; Scotty Morrow … Ken Grant; Lyn Osborn … Sergeant Gray; Walter Maslow … Doctor ‘Rich’ Richie; Herbert Lytton … General Knowland; Ken Clayton … Master Sergeant; Alan Wells … Sergeant; Harry Fleer … Bill, the Park Ranger; John Erman … Radar Operator; Dwight Brooks … Major; Hal Torey … Doctor Steinholtz
Filming locations:
Griffith Observatory, 2800 E Observatory Rd, Los Angeles, California
Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park – 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California
Technical specs:
1 hour 12 minutes
Black and white
Aspect ratio: 1.85: 1
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