Amazing Movie Posters

A scientist and a gang that has kidnapped a rich heiress come up against a beautiful but lethal alien who has crash-landed her spaceship on Earth. Director: Ronald V. Ashcroft (as Ronnie Ashcroft) Writer: Frank Hall (story and screenplay) Stars: Robert Clarke, Kenne Duncan, Marilyn Harvey

A young man steals a car and ends up involved in a pedestrian fatality. The only witness is a girl he had just met. He threatens her life if she talks, so when she refuses to tell what she knows she is sent to reform school. Director: Edward Bernds Writer: Edward Bernds Stars: Gloria Castillo, Ross Ford, Edd Byrnes

Five individuals from five nations, including the "Superpowers," USA, USSR, and China, suddenly find themselves on an alien spacecraft. An alien gives each a container holding capsules. No power on earth can open a given container except a mental command from the person to whom it is given. Each person has been provided with the power of life and death. Any of these individuals has the capability to instantaneously launch the capsules to whatever coordinates he/she chooses, and each capsule will then eradicate all human life within a 3,000-mile radius of its designated location. Director: William Asher Writers: John Mantley (screenplay), John Mantley (novel) Stars: Gene Barry, Valerie French, George Voskovec

Gor, a powerful criminal brain from the planet Arous, assumes the body of scientist Steve March. Through March, he begins to control the world by threatening destruction to any country challenging his domination. Another brain, Val, works with March's future wife Sally to defeat Gor. Val explains that Gor will be vulnerable when he is forced to leave March at intervals to re-energize. Gor's vulnerable spot, the Fissure of Orlando, is described in a note left by Sally in Steve's lab. Director: Nathan Juran (as Nathan Hertz) Writer: Ray Buffum (screenplay) Stars: John Agar, Joyce Meadows, Robert Fuller

A teenage couple accidentally awakens an alien after inadvertently hitting it with their car. Director: Edward L. Cahn Writers: Robert J. Gurney Jr. (screenplay), Al Martin (screenplay) Stars: Steven Terrell, Gloria Castillo, Frank Gorshin

A troublemaker returns to town only to find his old tearaway pals have joined a supervised motorcycle club. Friction erupts between him and the new leader about this goody-goody setup, and about the charms of gang moll Terry. Director: Edward L. Cahn Writer: Lou Rusoff (story) Stars: Anne Neyland, Steven Terrell, John Ashley

The struggle of a lady's garment workers' organization to unionize a New York clothing sweat shop; the owner of which is determined to keep the union out of his business at any cost. Directors: Vincent Sherman, Robert Aldrich (uncredited) Writers: Lester Velie (articles), Harry Kleiner (story) Stars: Lee J. Cobb, Kerwin Mathews, Gia Scala

Three men and a woman crash-land in a deep crater in Antarctica, where they find a prehistoric world. Director: Virgil W. Vogel (as Virgil Vogel) Writers: László Görög (screenplay) (as Laszlo Gorog) , William N. Robson (adaptation) Stars: Jock Mahoney, Shirley Patterson, William Reynolds

A wealthy business man discovers he has a brain tumor and seeks medical help. The business man finds a scientist experimenting with transplanting monkey heads on different monkey bodies. The business man decides to steal the head of Nostradamus from the prophet's crypt. Directors: Charles Saunders, W. Lee Wilder Writer: William Grote (screenplay) Stars: Robert Hutton, George Coulouris, Julia Arnall

The first U.S. spaceship to Venus crash-lands off the coast of Sicily on its return trip. A dangerous, lizard-like creature comes with it and quickly grows gigantic. Director: Nathan Juran Writers: Robert Creighton Williams (screenplay) (as Bob Williams) , Christopher Knopf (screenplay) Stars: William Hopper, Joan Taylor, Thomas Browne Henry

A doctor and a nurse (Beverly Garland) encounter an alien (Paul Birch) who wants to secure human blood in order to save his dying race. Initial release: February 10, 1957 Director: Roger Corman Running time: 1h 7m Sequel: Not of This Earth Screenplay: Charles B. Griffith, Mark Hanna

In Napa Valley, Calif., devious Phyllis Hochen (Diana Dors) schemes to run away with her lover, San Sanford (Tom Tryon), and with the money of her husband, winery owner Paul (Rod Steiger). Evading the suspicions of Paul's mother, Emma (Beulah Bondi), and brother, Stephen (Arthur Franz), Phyllis takes advantage of the tension between Paul and his partner, Gino (Joe De Santis) -- who wants to sell their grapes to an outsider -- to plan Gino's murder and frame Paul. Initial release: June 24, 1957 Director: John Farrow Running time: 1h 34m Music composed by: Daniele Amfitheatrof Cinematography: Lucien Ballard