For the novel by Raymond F. Jones, see This Island Earth (novel).
This Island Earth
Theatrical release poster by Reynold Brown
Directed by
Joseph M. Newman
Jack Arnold
Written by
Franklin Coen
Edward G. O'Callaghan
Based on
This Island Earth 1952 novel by Raymond F. Jones
Produced by
William Alland
Starring
Jeff Morrow
Faith Domergue
Rex Reason
Cinematography
Clifford Stine
Edited by
Virgil Vogel
Music by
Joseph Gershenson (supervision) Uncredited: Henry Mancini Hans J. Salter Herman Stein
Production company
Universal-International
Distributed by
Universal-International
Release date
June 10, 1955 (1955-06-10) (New York City)[1]
Running time
86 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$800,000 (estimated)[2]
Box office
$1.7 million[3]
This Island Earth is a 1955 American science fiction film produced by William Alland, directed by Joseph M. Newman and Jack Arnold, and starring Jeff Morrow, Faith Domergue and Rex Reason. It is based on the 1952 novel of the same name by Raymond F. Jones. The film, distributed by Universal-International, was released in 1955 on a double feature with Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy.
Upon initial release, the film was praised by critics, who cited the special effects, well-written script, and the eye-popping Technicolor as being its major assets.[4][5] In 1996, it was edited down and lampooned in Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie, a spin-off of the popular film-riffing television series Mystery Science Theater 3000.
The 1952 novel by Jones was originally serialized in the science fiction magazine Thrilling Wonder Stories as three related novelettes: "The Alien Machine" (June 1949), "The Shroud of Secrecy" (December 1949), and "The Greater Conflict" (February 1950). Jones had taken the novel title from a line in Robert Graves' poem, "Darien" ("It is a poet’s privilege and fate/To fall enamoured of the one Muse/Who variously haunts this island earth".)
^"This Island Earth - Details". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
^Internet Movie Database Box office/Business for
^"The Top Box-Office Hits of 1955". Variety Weekly, January 25, 1956.
^Thompson, Howard H. "This Island Earth (1955) 'This Island Earth' Explored From Space." The New York Times, June 11, 1955.
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