Not a fan despite the involvement of Ray Harryhausen, Charles Schneer, and Sam Katzman. Too many 50s American military men and flying saucers and men standing around being 50s.
There's too much Hugh Marlowe, who I've never liked - smug, dull. For a moment it looked like his brain was taken over by aliens and I was hopeful but alas no he was being heroic. There's unpleasant romantic scenes which seem to feature in too many 50s sci fi. Joan Taylor is a regulation brunette, Donald Curtis returns from It Came from Beneath the Sea, there's lots of narration and scenes of people fleeing.
The effects are decent enough - it was Harryhausen.I liked monuments being blown up. But for me this lacked magic. It started off promisingly but just got annoying. Maybe it was just the Marlowe factor.
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