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The Flying Saucer poster
C
Average
MASTER SCORE 47.8 / 100
1950·Sci-Fi / Thriller / Science Fiction·1h 9m

THE FLYING SAUCER

“Have we visitors from outer space?”

The CIA sends playboy Mike Trent to Alaska with agent Vee Langley, posing as his "nurse," to investigate flying saucer sightings. At first, installed in a hunting lodge, the two play in the wilderness. But then they sight a saucer. Investigating, our heroes clash with an inept gang of Soviet spies, also after the saucer secret.

Above the Line
Mikel Conrad·DirectorHoward Irving Young·ScreenplayMikel Conrad·Original StoryPhilip Tannura·Director of PhotographyDarrell Calker·Original Music ComposerRobert O. Crandall·Editor
Cast
Mikel Conrad·Mike TrentPat Garrison·Vee LangleyHantz von Teuffen·HansEarle Lyon·Alex MullerLester Sharpe·Col. MarikoffRussell Hicks·Hank ThornFrank Darien·Matt MitchellDenver Pyle·TurnerRoy Engel·Dr. Carl LewtonGarry Owen·Bartender at Ernie's
Full Crew
(13 credits)
Directing· 2
Mikel Conrad·DirectorGeraldine Wright·Continuity
Writing· 2
Howard Irving Young·ScreenplayMikel Conrad·Original Story
Camera· 1
Philip Tannura·Director of Photography
Editing· 1
Robert O. Crandall·Editor
Sound & Music· 1
Darrell Calker·Original Music Composer
Art & Design· 3
Charles D. Hall·Art DirectionMurray Waite·Set DecorationHarry Ross·Makeup Artist
Production· 3
Mikel Conrad·ProducerLincoln A. Widder·Production ManagerMorris M. Wein·Associate Producer
By the Numbers
47.8
OF 100
Master Score
3.5
OF 10
IMDb
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CRITICS
Rotten Tomatoes
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Worldwide Gross
0
Oscar Wins
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Poster DNA

THE VISUAL DECONSTRUCTION

A bespoke vision agent's reading of the design language behind The Flying Saucer's key art.

Dominant Palette
3 colors
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Mood
Terrifying, Chaotic, Urgent
Composition
Diagonal
Era
1950s
Visual Style
Painted

“The poster depicts a chaotic scene with a large, swirling white and grey vortex in the upper center, from which a thick red streak emerges and curves downwards ”

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Key Elements
Flying SaucerVortexRed Streak
Atmosphere
Dark
Color Mood
Mixed
Setting
Urban
Design Score
7/10
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