Unearthly Stranger (Original title)Beyond the Stars (Alternative title)
Dates: 1963 (Copyright), 22 September 1963 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: John Krish
Synopsis: Dr Munro working on a formula for man's conquest of space, is killed by an electric impulse and his work destroyed. Dr Mark Davidson takes over, re-discovers the formula and hands it to the Head of Security. He too is killed and the formula destroyed. Mark and Professor Lancaster, head of the space research unit, fear that they are threatened by supernatural forces and suspect Julie, Mark's wife, of being implicated. Julie confesses to Mark that she has been sent to kill him and suddenly vanishes, leaving only her clothing. Mark and Lancaster realise that Miss Ballard, Dr Munro's secretary, has the same characteristics as Julie and intends to kill Mark. In a struggle she falls out of a window and vanishes. Only her clothes remain.
Genre: Science Fiction
Subject: Aliens
Releases
Date: 12 September 1963Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 78 mins 47 secs - Length: 6727 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Anglo Amalgamated
Date: 12 September 1963Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 75 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Warner-Pathé Distributors
Date: September 2014Country: United KingdomRelease type: Home ViewingFormat: DVD (Digital Versatile Disc)Runtime: 77 mins Distributor: Network Sound and Media
Dates: 1963 (Copyright), 22 September 1963 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: John Krish
Synopsis: Dr Munro working on a formula for man's conquest of space, is killed by an electric impulse and his work destroyed. Dr Mark Davidson takes over, re-discovers the formula and hands it to the Head of Security. He too is killed and the formula destroyed. Mark and Professor Lancaster, head of the space research unit, fear that they are threatened by supernatural forces and suspect Julie, Mark's wife, of being implicated. Julie confesses to Mark that she has been sent to kill him and suddenly vanishes, leaving only her clothing. Mark and Lancaster realise that Miss Ballard, Dr Munro's secretary, has the same characteristics as Julie and intends to kill Mark. In a struggle she falls out of a window and vanishes. Only her clothes remain.
Genre: Science Fiction
Subject: Aliens
Releases
Date: 12 September 1963Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 78 mins 47 secs - Length: 6727 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Anglo Amalgamated
Date: 12 September 1963Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 75 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Warner-Pathé Distributors
Date: September 2014Country: United KingdomRelease type: Home ViewingFormat: DVD (Digital Versatile Disc)Runtime: 77 mins Distributor: Network Sound and Media
Credits
(44)
©: Independent Artists (Production) Limited, Production Company: Independent Artists, A Production by: Julian Wintle, Leslie Parkyn, Produced by: Albert Fennell, Production Manager: Geoffrey Haine, Production Supervisor: Arthur Alcott, Production Secretary: Jean White, [1st] Assistant Director: Frank Hollands, 2nd Assistant Director: Stephen Christian, Continuity: Estelle Stewart, Screenplay by: Rex Carlton, Based on an idea by: Jeffrey Stone, Director of Photography: Reg Wyer, Camera Operator: Frank Ellis, Focus Puller: Wally Fairweather, Camera Assistant: John Crawford, Christopher Neame, Special Processes: Charles Staffell, Jim Favel, Film Editor: Tom Priestley, 1st Assistant Editor: Phillip Baker, Assistant Editor: Nicholas Keen, Art Director: Harry Pottle, Assistant Art Director: Roy Walker, Peter Lamont, Draughtsperson: Michael Lamont, Wardrobe: Vi Murray, Make-up: Trevor Crole Rees, Hairdresser: Maud Onslow, Laboratory: Denham Laboratories, Music Composed by: Edward Williams, [Music] Conducted by: Marcus Dods, Sound Recordist: Simon Kaye, Boom Operator: Tony Cripps, Boom Assistant: Trevor Carless, Sound Camera Operator: Ron Butcher, Sound Maintenance: Frank Sloggett, Re-recording [Anvil Films Ltd]: Ken Cameron, Sound Editor: Lionel Selwyn, Assistant Sound Editor: Barry McCormick, Sound Studio: Anvil Films, Made at: Independent Artists Studios
Cast
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John Neville (Dr. Mark Davidson), Philip Stone (Professor John Lancaster), Gabriella Licudi (Julie Davidson), Patrick Newell (Major Clarke), Jean Marsh (Miss Ballard), Warren Mitchell (Professor Geoffrey Munro)