Invasion USA

original title:
Invasion USA
country / year of production:
USA / 1952
original length:
73 min. , color
premiere:
December 1952
genre:
adventure
based on:
director:
Alfred E. Green
film script:
producer:
Joseph Justman , Albert Zugsmith
cinematographer:
John L. Russell
editor:
W. Donn Hayes
composer:
Albert Glasser
cast (role):
Gerald Mohr (Vince Potter ) , Robert Bice (Ed Mulfory ) , Erik Blythe (George Sylvester ) , Tom Kennedy (Tim, Bartender ) , Dan O'Herlihy (Mr. Ohman ) , Gerald Mohr , Robert Bice , Erik Blythe , Tom Kennedy , Dan O'Herlihy
more:
plot synopsis:
As a diverse group of five men in a New York bar discuss politics. When a special news bulletin on the bar's TV set announces that enemy troops have invaded Alaska and are heading for the continental U.S. attacking cities with A-bombs. In a panic, everyone rushes home to await his or her fate. Only the mysterious Mr. Ohman reacts calmly to the invasion news...
keywords:
war:
Third World War
literature:
remarks:
A typical film of the McCarthy-era exploiting the thread of a communist attack.
availability:
DVD NTSC