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    Invasion (1965)

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    This virtually forgotten low budget British science-fiction thriller from Merton Park Studios has an alien spaceship crashing near a small rural village in the English countryside.

    When a humanoid alien (Ric Young) is accidentally struck by a car and taken to the local hospital, Dr Mike Vernon (Edward Judd) and Dr Claire Harland (Valerie Gearon) question their strange patient and discover he is a Lystrian in pursuit of two escaped criminals, who are on the loose outside.

    A mysterious impenetrable force field suddenly encases the hospital and the temperature inside begins to rise. The force field is the work of the two other aliens (also humanoid, although all the aliens are Asian for some reason) who claim that the Lystrian being treated inside is lying: he is really a dangerous killer and they must take him back into custody.

    But who is telling the truth?

    The hospitalised Lystrian eventually reveals that he is indeed the escapee, having absconded en route to a penal colony after being wrongfully found guilty of murder.

    There are virtually no special effects in the film which forced the writers to deliver a more literate script than might have otherwise been the case. The twist ending seems rushed and confused but doesn’t detract from the engaging storyline.

    Invasion is a real must-see for early British sci-fi fans.

    Dr Mike Vernon
    Edward Judd
    Dr Claire Harland
    Valerie Gearon
    The Lystrian
    Ric Young (as Eric Young)
    Leader of the Lystrians
    Yôko Tani
    Carter
    Lyndon Brook
    Nurse Lim
    Tsai Chin
    Major Muncaster
    Barrie Ingham
    Blackburn
    Anthony Sharp
    Police Sergeant Draycott
    Glyn Houston
    Sister Evans
    Ann Castle
    Dundy
    John Tate
    Barbara Gough
    Jean Lodge
    Sister Kelly
    Ann Martin
    Ted
    Tony Wall
    Harry
    Peter Thomas
    Lystrian Woman
    Cali Raia
    Morgan
    Mark Kingston
    Sergeant Williams
    Emrys Leyshon
    Lloyd
    Leonard Cracknell
    Elaine
    Stephanie Bidmead
    Lorry Driver
    Norman Mitchell
    Old Joe
    Peter Sinclair
    Telephone Operator
    Diane Aubrey

    Director
    Alan Bridges

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