An intelligent underrated low budget science fiction film with a strong message
Produced by William Alland
Screenplay by Bernard C. Schoenfeld
Story by Tom Filer & based on The Egg by Tom Filer
Music by Van Cleave
Cinematography: Ernest Laszlo
Edited by Terry O. Morse
Production company: Paramount Pictures, William Alland Productions
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Running time: 69 minutes
Cast
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
Russell Johnson: Joe Gamble
David Bair: Saul Wahrman
Johnny Crawford: Ken Brewster
Eilene Janssen: Phyllis Manley
Trailer
A father takes up new job at
a top-secret Air Force base in California.
A family apprehensive
about this sudden upheaval in their lives.
What’s this - a strange
light in the sky aimed at the beach?
Strange powerful
telepathic communications from an unknown source!
An alien presence in the
form of a growing brain within the cave near the beach!
A missile project,
designed to place a hydrogen bomb in orbit, capable of being used on any target
in the event the United States is threatened!
Children being used to
persuade parents of the danger posed by the project!
Will the parents be prepared
to listen?
What will the alien brain
do if the children’s appeals are ignored?
