Las sanguijuelas humanas (1958)
Suceden cosas extrañas en Riverdale, Illinois. Se ha encontrado, semienterrada, una estructura enorme que parecería ser de origen alienígena. El senador Walter Powers (Jack Hill) y el Dr. Paul Kettering (Edwin Nelson), encargados de investigar el origen de ese objeto misterioso, descubren que los parásitos provenientes del centro de la tierra, que se aferran al cuello de sus víctimas para controlar sus cerebros, se han infiltrado en la ciudad y ahora controlan a las autoridades y a los trabajadores e impiden la comunicación con el exterior. Powers, Kettering y un grupo de personas libres deberán frenar la invasión.
Directora:
Bruno VeSota
Escritor:
Gordon Urquhart
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Ed Nelson as Dr. Paul Kettering |
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Joanna Lee as Alice Summers |
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Cornelius Keefe as Senator Walter K. Powers |
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Alan Jay Factor as Glenn Cameron |
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Jody Fair as Elaine Cameron |
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David Hughes as Dr. Wyler |
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Robert Ball as Dan Walker |
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Phil Posner as Sheriff |
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Orville Sherman as Mayor Cameron |
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Henry Randolph as Telegrapher |
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Hampton Fancher as Zombie (uncredited) |
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Leonard Nimoy as Professor Cole |
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Doug Banks as Doctor |
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Saul Bronson as Prof. Helsingman |
| Directing | Bruno VeSota | Director |
| Writing | Gordon Urquhart | Screenplay |
| Production | Stanley Bickman | Associate Producer |
| Production | Ed Nelson | Producer |
| Production | Roger Corman | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Lawrence Raimond | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Carlo Lodato | Editor |
| Art | Burt Shonberg | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alan Trumble | Makeup Artist |
| Production | F. Amos Powell | Production Manager |
| Directing | Mike Murphy | Assistant Director |
| Sound | James Fullerton | Sound |
| Sound | Tom Jonson | Original Music Composer |