Devil Girl from Mars (1954) on Netflix
Nyah, a commander from Mars, needs Earthmen. She lands her crippled flying saucer on the Scottish moors and comes to a remote inn with a ray gun and a robot named Chani.
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Plot summary
A flying saucer bound for London carries Nyah, a commander from Mars, who has been sent to gather Earthmen for her planet, whose male population has been declining since a devastating war between the sexes. Damage to the craft forces her down on the Scottish moors. Professor Arnold Hennessey, an astrophysicist, and journalist Michael Carter are sent by the British government to investigate a crash believed to be a meteorite, and come to the Bonnie Charlie, an inn in the Scottish Highlands kept by Mr and Mrs Jamieson. Ellen Prestwick, a fashion model, is staying at the inn to get away from an affair with a married man. Robert Justin, an escaped convict using the alias Albert Simpson, arrives to reunite with barmaid Doris. Nyah reaches the inn, looking for men, with Chani.
Cast
- Anthony Richmondas Tommy
- James Edmondas David
- Stewart Hibberdas News Reader
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Devil Girl from Mars (1954)
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- The film inspired Hugo and Nebula award-winning author Octavia E. Butler to begin writing science fiction: she watched it at age 12 and declared that she could write something better.
- Screenwriter John Chartres Mather said the film came about because the Danzigers' Calling Scotland Yard finished production ahead of schedule, and he was ordered to use up the remaining studio time already booked and paid for by working on a feature.
- Made on a very low budget at Shepperton Studios, it was shot over three weeks with no retakes except where the film stock itself was damaged, often filming well into the night.
