The Gamma People
| The Gamma People | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | John Gilling |
| Produced by | John Gossage |
| Screenplay by |
John Gilling John Gossage |
| Story by |
Robert Aldrich Louis Pollock |
| Starring |
Paul Douglas Eva Bartok Leslie Phillips Walter Rilla Martin Miller Philip Leaver |
| Music by | George Melachrino |
| Cinematography | Ted Moore |
| Edited by | Jack Slade |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release dates |
30 January 1956 (United Kingdom: general release)[1]
|
Running time | 76 or 78 minutes |
| Country |
United Kingdom United States |
| Language | English |
The Gamma People is a 1955 Anglo-American science fiction film directed by John Gilling and starring Paul Douglas, Eva Bartok and Leslie Phillips.[2] The film evolved from a script treatment originally written in the early 1950s by Robert Aldrich.[3]
Plot
A passenger car carrying a reporter and his photographer mysteriously breaks away from their train, accidentally ending up on a sidetrack in Gudavia, an isolated Ruritanian-style one-village Eastern Bloc dictatorship. The newsmen find a mad scientist using gamma rays to turn the country's youth into either geniuses or subhumans at the bidding of an equally mad dictator.
Cast
- Paul Douglas as Mike Wilson[4]
- Eva Bartok as Paula Wendt[5]
- Leslie Phillips as Howard Meade
- Walter Rilla as Boronski[6]
- Philip Leaver as Koerner
- Martin Miller as Lochner
- Michael Caridia as Hugo Wendt
- Pauline Drewett as Hedda Lochner
- Jocelyn Lane as Anna
- Olaf Pooley as Bikstein
- Rosalie Crutchley as Frau Bikstein
- Leonard Sachs as Telegraph Clerk
- Paul Hardtmuth as Hans
- Cyril Chamberlain as Graf
See also
References
- ↑ F Maurice Speed, Film Review 1956-57, Macdonald & Co 1956
- ↑ The Gamma People at the American Film Institute Catalog.
- ↑ p.14 Aldrich, Robert with Arnold, Edwin T. & Miller, Eugene L. Robert Aldrich: InterviewsUniv. Press of Mississippi, 2004
- ↑ "Pat Medina Set In 'The Gamma People'". The Hartford Courant. October 9, 1955. p. A9. Retrieved April 29, 2012.
- ↑ "British woman, 36, claims she is Sinatra's daughter". Chicago Tribune. August 17, 1994. p. 2. Retrieved April 29, 2012.
- ↑ "Rilla Joins 'Gamma People'". The Hartford Courant. September 11, 1955. p. D12. Retrieved April 29, 2012.
External links
- The Gamma People at the American Film Institute Catalog
- The Gamma People at the Internet Movie Database
- The Gamma People at AllMovie
- The Gamma People at the TCM Movie Database
- The Gamma People film trailer on YouTube
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