The Day Mars Invaded Earth
| The Day Mars Invaded Earth | |
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| Directed by | Maury Dexter |
| Written by | Harry Spalding |
| Produced by | Maury Dexter |
| Starring | Kent Taylor Marie Windsor William Mims |
| Cinematography | John M. Nickolaus, Jr. |
| Edited by | Jodie Copelan |
| Music by | Richard LaSalle |
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| Distributed by | Twentieth Century Fox |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Day Mars Invaded Earth (a.k.a. Spaceraid 63) is a 1963 American independently made 1963 black-and-white CinemaScope science fiction film, produced and directed by Maury Dexter, starring Kent Taylor, Marie Windsor, and William Mims. It was written by Harry Spalding and released by Twentieth Century Fox.
The film's storyline is a cross between George Pal's The War of the Worlds (1953), and Don Siegel's Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956). Martian energy beings duplicate a scientist and his family as a first step toward their invasion of Earth to stop humanity's space programs.