Night Caller from Outer Space

Night Caller from Outer Space

Directed by	John Gilling
Produced by	Ronald Liles
Written by	Frank Crisp (novel) Jim O'Connolly (screenplay)
Starring	John Saxon Maurice Denham Patricia Haines Alfred Burke Warren Mitchell
Music by	Johnny Gregory (bandleader)
Cinematography	Stephen Dade
Edited by	Philip Barnikel
Production company	Armitage Film Productions Ltd.
Distributed by	Butcher's Film Service (UK)
Release dates	1965
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Night Caller from Outer Space, also known as simply The Night Caller or Blood Beast from Outer Space, is a British 1965 science fiction film directed by John Gilling.^[1] It is based on Frank Crisp's novel The Night Callers.

Synopsis

Scientist Jack Costain (John Saxon) and his aides investigates a meteorite in the British countryside, discovering that it is an alien device from Ganymede, a moon of Jupiter. They capture a tall alien and take it to the lab, only to have it escape. Shortly thereafter, teenage girls begin disappearing after answering an advertisement for 'Bikini Girl' magazine. It turns out the aliens want Earth women for breeding purposes...^[2]^[3]

Cast

John Saxon as Dr. Jack Costain
Maurice Denham as Dr. Morley
Patricia Haines as Ann Barlow
Alfred Burke as Detective Supt. Hartley
Warren Mitchell as Reg Lilburn
Stanley Meadows as Det. Tom Grant
Aubrey Morris as Thorburn
Ballard Berkeley as Cmdr. Savage
Marianne Stone as Madge Lilburn
Geoffrey Lumsden as Colonel Davy
Jack Watson as Sergeant Hawkins

Reception

Leonard Maltin called it a "well-done sci-fi thriller" and rated it as two and a half stars.^[4] Author Steve Puchalski said, "this alleged 'film' is dry and slow paced, uninvolving and uninspiring".^[2] UK prints of the film feature Alan Haven's version of the hit instrumental "Image" as its theme.

References

↑ "The Night Caller | BFI | BFI". Explore.bfi.org.uk. Retrieved 2014-04-11.
1 2 Puchalski, Steven (2002). Slimetime: a guide to sleazy, mindless movies (2nd ed.). Headpress/Critical Vision. p. 207. ISBN 1-900486-21-0.
↑ Deming, Mark. "Blood Beast From Outer Space (1966)". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-09-19.
↑ Maltin, Leonard (2008). Leonard Maltin's 2009 Movie Guide. Penguin Group. p. 980. ISBN 0-452-28978-5.

External links

Night Caller from Outer Space at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by John Gilling

Escape from Broadmoor (1948)
A Matter of Murder (1949)
No Trace (1950)
The Quiet Woman (1951)
The Frightened Man (1952)
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire (1952)
The Voice of Merrill (1952)
Deadly Nightshade (1953)
Recoil (1953)
Escape by Night (1953)
Three Steps to the Gallows (1953)
Destination Milan (1954)
Double Exposure (1954)
The Embezzler (1954)
The Gilded Cage (1955)
Tiger by the Tail (1955)
Odongo (1956)
The Gamma People (1956)
Interpol (1957)
High Flight (1957)
The Man Inside (1958)
Idol on Parade (1959)
The Bandit of Zhobe (1959)
The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)
The Challenge (1960)
Fury at Smugglers' Bay (1961)
The Shadow of the Cat (1961)
The Pirates of Blood River (1962)
Panic (1963)
The Scarlet Blade (1964 )
The Brigand of Kandahar (1965)
The Night Caller (1965)
Where the Bullets Fly (1966)
The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
The Reptile (1966)
The Mummy's Shroud (1967)
La cruz del diablo (1975)

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