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Leslie Irving Morrow (January 13, 1907 – December 26, 1993), [1] known as Jeff Morrow, was an American actor.
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.
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Dr. Cal Meacham, a noted scientist, receives an unusual substitute for electronic condensers that he ordered. Instead, he receives instructions and parts to build a complex communication device called an interocitor. Although neither Meacham nor his assistant Joe Wilson have heard of the device, they immediately begin construction. When finished, a...
Jeff Morrowas ExeterFaith Domergueas Ruth AdamsRex Reasonas Cal MeachamLance Fulleras BrackThis Island Earth was released in June 1955 and by the end of that year had accrued US$1,700,000 in distributors'domestic (U.S. and Canada) rentals, making it the year's 74th biggest earner. The New York Times review opined, "The technical effects of This Island Earth, Universal's first science-fiction excursion in color, are so superlatively bizar...
The film suffers from numerous scientific errors. The laboratory cat is called Neutron "because he's so positive" (the name should therefore have been Proton); the Earth is surrounded by a "heat barrier" which the Metalunan saucer must negotiate both when leaving and returning - although visually dramatic this has no scientific basis; a planet is r...
A brief homage to This Island Earth is seen in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial(1982). E.T. turns the TV on during a showing of the film, at the scene when Cal and Ruth are being abducted by the aliens a...In the film Explorers, "This Island Earth" is mentioned in a line of dialogue: "I just got this new tape of This Island Earth. It's got this great saucer landing...And it's got, no, it's got this b...The 1988 video game Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenderscontains key references to this movie, such as large-headed aliens disguised as humans, communications through interstellar teleconferenci...Shock rock metal band GWAR`s 4th album, This Toilet Earth and its companion short form movie Skulhedfacecontain numerous references to this movie, including the title, an alien with an oversized br...This Island Earth at the Internet Movie DatabaseThis Island Earth at AllRoviThis Island Earth Sourcebook at The Thunder ChildThis Island Earthsoundtrack release by Monstrous Movie Music reviewCurrently you are able to watch "The Giant Claw" streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, FlixFling or for free with ads on The Roku Channel, Tubi TV. It is also possible to rent "The Giant Claw" on FlixFling online and to download it on FlixFling.
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Jeff Morrow. Actor: This Island Earth. New York-born Morrow developed an interest in the theater as a result of his studies at art school.
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The Giant Claw: Directed by Fred F. Sears. With Jeff Morrow, Mara Corday, Morris Ankrum, Louis Merrill. Global panic ensues when it is revealed that a mysterious UFO is actually a giant bird that flies at supersonic speed and has no regard for life or architecture.
There are four original songs in the film, written by Elyssa Samsel and Kate Anderson, titled "Ring in the Season", "The Ballad of Flemmingrad", "That Time of Year" and "When We're Together". The film's score was composed by Christophe Beck and Jeff Morrow. The full soundtrack was released on November 3, 2017, by Walt Disney Records.
