THE SPACE CHILDREN
1958

"Is there no man on Earth with the wisdom and the innocence of a child?"

From legendary Sci-Fi director Jack Arnold (The Incredible Shrinking Man)…
In many ways, the most intelligent, thought-provoking, and sincere sci-fi film of the 1950s. In both concept and execution it far outshines most of today's glitzy effects-laden efforts.

PLOT:
Dave Brewster, an electronics technician arrives in town for a new job at a top-secret Air Force base in California with his wife, Anne and their two children Bud and Ken. The boys are drawn, along with the other children from the base to a lonely cave near the beach, where a glowing brain-like extra terrestrial communicates telepathically with the children. As the kids start doing the alien’s bidding the adults try to figure out what’s happening with their unruly offspring.
 
CAST:
Michel Ray ... Bud Brewster
Adam Williams ... Dave Brewster
Peggy Webber ... Anne Brewster
Johnny Washbrook ... Tim Gamble
Jackie Coogan ... Hank Johnson
Richard Shannon ... Lieutenant Colonel Alan Manley
Raymond Bailey ... Dr. Wahrman
Sandy Descher ... Eadie Johnson
Larry Pennell ... Major Thomas
Peter Baldwin ... Security Officer James
Ty Hardin ... Sentry (as Ty Hungerford)
Russell Johnson ... Joe Gamble
David Bair ... Saul Wahrman
Johnny Crawford ... Ken Brewster
Eilene Janssen ... Phyllis Manley
Jean Engstrom ... Peg Gamble
Vera Marshe ... Frieda Johnson

Director: Jack Arnold

RUNNING TIME: 69 MIN