The Day Mars Invaded Earth (Original screenplay for the 1963 film)

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1962. First Draft script for the 1963 film. A nuanced

1962 · Los Angeles

by Maury Dexter (director); Harry Spalding (screenwriter); Kent Taylor, Marie Windsor, William Mims, and Betty Beall (starring)
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1962. First Draft script for the 1963 film.

A nuanced "invasion from Mars" film that borrows cleverly from both "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (aliens use human beings as physical hosts) and Val Lewton (threat of a creature, but creature is only implied, not shown). An unusually heavy emphasis on dread, atmosphere, and characterization makes this one of the most overlooked "adult" science fiction films of the 1960s.

Black three-ring binder, noted as "DAY MARS INVADED EARTH" on the front wrapper, with a credit for screenwriter Spalding (as "Spaulding"). Title page present, with the title "SPACERAID (truncated)
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