Movies Club Logo

Movies Club Logo
All MoviesTrendingNow PlayingPopularTop Rated
Collections
Search
Portfolio
GitHub
LinkedIn

© 2026 Movies Club. Built with Next.js & TypeScript

Data provided by TMDB

This Island Earth

Genres
Science Fiction
Adventure
Horror
Rating
6.0
Status
Released
Release Date1955-06-10
Runtime85 min
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
Budget$800,000
Revenue$1,700,000
IMDbView on IMDb

Overview

Aliens have landed and are hiding on Earth, but need Earth’s scientists to help them fight an inter-planetary war.

Keywords
spacecraft
flying saucer
extraterrestrial technology
mutant
nobel prize
space travel
georgia
resettlement
alien
nuclear scientist
space
scientist
death ray
interplanetary war

Videos

3 total
Trailer
This Island Earth (1955) - Official Trailer

Buy

Amazon Video
Amazon Video
Apple TV Store
Apple TV Store
Google Play Movies
Google Play Movies
YouTube
YouTube
Fandango At Home
Fandango At Home

Rent

Amazon Video
Amazon Video
Apple TV Store
Apple TV Store
Google Play Movies
Google Play Movies
YouTube
YouTube
Fandango At Home
Fandango At Home

US data via JustWatch

Cast & Crew

poster

Rex Reason

as Dr. Cal Meacham

poster

Faith Domergue

as Dr. Ruth Adams

poster

Jeff Morrow

as Exeter

poster

Lance Fuller

as Brack

poster

Robert Nichols

as Joe Wilson

poster

Russell Johnson

as Steve Carlson

poster

Douglas Spencer

as The Monitor of Metaluna

poster

Karl Ludwig Lindt

as Dr. Adolph Engelborg

poster

Regis Parton

as Mutant (uncredited)

poster

Richard Deacon

as Pilot (uncredited)

Reviews

2
J

John Chard

Sep 9, 2019

7/10

Captures the fear of the atomic age perfectly. Carl Meacham is an atomic scientist, who after passing a cunning test, gets invited to work at a top secret lab out in Georgia by the rather odd looking man known as Exeter. The project is apparently in the cause of finding world peace, and once arriving at his destination, Carl finds other notable …

Full review
C

CinemaSerf

Nov 14, 2022

7/10

I remember watching this film on television in the 70s and loving it. Whilst I'm not quite so impressed by it now, it is still quite a clever sci-fi yarn about an alien species, themselves under dire threat of extinction, who come to earth to assemble a team of scientists to help save their planet from an enemy bent on destroying it. Jeff Morrow ha…

Full review

You Might Also Like

poster
1956
7.2
Sci-Fi
Adventure

Forbidden Planet

poster
1993
6.4
Sci-Fi
Action

Babylon 5: The Gathering

poster
2008
7.1
Action
Adventure

Stargate: Continuum

poster
2008
7.1
Action
Adventure

Stargate: The Ark of Truth

poster
2020
7.5
Animation
Action

Ben 10 vs. the Universe: The Movie

poster
2013
6.7
Action
Sci-Fi

Oblivion

poster
2025
6.0
Sci-Fi
Action

Space/Time

poster
1998
6.4
Sci-Fi
Action

Star Trek: Insurrection

poster
1998
6.4
Action
Sci-Fi

Babylon 5: The River of Souls

poster
2023
7.0
Sci-Fi
Action

The Creator

poster
2017
6.6
Adventure
Sci-Fi

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

poster
2020
6.2
Sci-Fi
Action

Occupation: Rainfall