It Conquered the World

It Conquered the World is a low-budget independent American feature film of the science fiction and horror genres. It was directed by Roger Corman with a screenplay written by Lou Rusoff. The movie was produced by American International Pictures and premiered theatrically in the United States on July 15th, 1956. The movie stars Peter Graves as Doctor Paul Nelson with Beverly Garland as Claire Anderson, with Lee Van Cleef as Doctor Tom Anderson, Sally Fraser as Joan Nelson, and Dick Miller as Sergeant Neil.

Fun Facts

 * The tagline for this film is "See. World conquered by the horrible beast from beyond the stars!"


 * This movie was lampooned in the mockumentary series Mystery Science Theater 3000.


 * Television airings of this movie have been hosted by Elvira - Mistress of the Dark.


 * Actor Peter Graves is best known for playing the role of Jim Phelps on the 1960s TV series Mission: Impossible.


 * Actors Peter Graves and Beverly Garland have both appeared on multiple episodes of the ABC Family series 7th Heaven.


 * Paul Blaisdell designed and constructed the costume for the monster that he played in this movie. He affectionately gave it the name "Beluah".


 * No actual alien pickle monsters were harmed during the making of this film.