Amazing Movie Posters

A well meaning scientist guides an alien monster to Earth from Venus, so that he can rid mankind of feelings and emotions - but only death and sorrow results. Director: Roger Corman Writer: Lou Rusoff (screenplay) Stars: Peter Graves, Beverly Garland, Lee Van Cleef

A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates. Director: Don Siegel Writers: Daniel Mainwaring (screenplay), Jack Finney (Collier's magazine serial) Stars: Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates

After his kid brother is killed in a street race, a champion drag-racer quits racing. However, a new kid comes to town determined to force him back into racing so he can take his title--and he's already taken his girlfriend. Director: Leslie H. Martinson Writer: John McGreevey (original story and screenplay) (as John McGreevy) Stars: Lori Nelson, Chuck Connors, John Smith

Crime drama in which a man unknowingly helps a gang pull off a big heist. The gang discovers that the man is more trouble than he is worth and as a result, things don't go as smoothly as planned. Director: Franklin Adreon Writers: Robert C. Dennis, Richard H. Landau Stars: Dane Clark, May Wynn, William Talman

U.S. State Department agent Kent Foster, on the trail of a murderous traitor, Nick Randall, hopes to trap Randall through singer/stripper Angela Booth. The latter has promised to marry Randall on New Year's Eve, even though she is not to see him until then. However, she lands in prison after a quarrel with influential Julius Lord, during which she defended herself with a broken mirror. Foster arranges for her escape, with the aid of "Granny" Ramsey,in the hopes she will lead him to Randall. The plan is snarled when another girl prisoner, with her infant, joins the escape and Angel slips away. She manages to meet Randall, and when he slaps her, she realizes that all she has heard about him is true. Director: Elmo Williams Stars: Beverly Michaels, Jim Davis, Joan Rice

A space scientist (Hugh Marlowe) figures out how to down a fleet of alien spacecraft looming over Washington, D.C. Initial release: July 1, 1956 Director: Fred F. Sears Running time: 1h 23m Story by: Donald Keyhoe

In this sci-fi classic, a spacecraft travels to the distant planet Altair IV to discover the fate of a group of scientists sent there decades earlier. When Commander John J. Adams (Leslie Nielsen) and his crew arrive, they discover only two people: Dr. Morbius (Walter Pidgeon) and his daughter, Altaira (Anne Francis), who was born on the remote planet. Soon, Adams begins to uncover the mystery of what happened on Altair IV, and why Morbius and Altaira are the sole survivors. Release date: March 15, 1956 (USA) Director: Fred M. Wilcox Adapted from: The Tempest Screenplay: Cyril Hume, Allen Adler, Irving Block Story by: William Shakespeare, Irving Block

An ex-gunslinger (Richard Denning) defends a town against his ex-girlfriend's (Peggie Castle) saloon gang. Release date: June 15, 1956 (USA) Director: Roger Corman Running time: 1h 13m Music composed by: Ronald Stein Screenplay: Lou Rusoff