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Fiend without a face / Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; an Amalgamated production ; screenplay by Herbert J. Leder ; produced by John Croydon ; directed by Arthur Crabtree.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Crabtree, Arthur, 1900-1975, director.
Croydon, John J., 1907-1994, producer.
Leder, Herbert J., screenwriter.
Thompson, Marshall, 1925-1992, actor.
Reeves, Kynaston, 1893-1971, actor.
Kilburn, Terence, actor.
Orr, Buxton, composer.
Long, Amelia Reynolds, 1904-1978.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, producer.
Amalgamated Productions Inc., producer.
Criterion Collection (Firm), distributor.
Series:
Criterion collection ; 92.
The Criterion collection ; 92
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Long, Amelia Reynolds, 1904-1978--Film adaptations.
Long, Amelia Reynolds.
Long, Amelia Reynolds, 1904-1978.
Scientists--Drama.
Scientists.
Monsters--Drama.
Monsters.
Science--Moral and ethical aspects--Drama.
Science.
Science--Moral and ethical aspects.
Genre:
Feature films.
Science fiction films.
Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Horror films.
Film adaptations.
Drama.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (74 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
monochrome
Edition:
Widescreen.
Place of Publication:
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2000]
Language Note:
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
System Details:
DVD ; Dolby digital mono.
digital
optical
mono
Dolby
video file
DVD video
Summary:
A scientist performing renegade research on thought materialization unwittingly creates creatures of pure atomic energy that hunger for human nervous systems. These brain-like creatures begin attacking people near a secret Air Force radar station, devouring their brains.
Participant:
Marshall Thompson, Kynaston Reeves, Kim Parker, Stanley Maxted, Terence Kilburn, James Dyrenforth, Robert MacKenzie, Peter Madden, Gil Winfield.
Credits:
Special effects, Ruppel & Nordhoff, Peter Neilson ; music, Buxton Orr, conducted by Frederic Lewis ; editing, R.Q. McNaughton.
Notes:
Based on a story by Amelia Reynolds Long.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1958.
Liner notes by noted film scholar Bruce Kawin, inserted.
Special features include: Audio commentary: A conversation with executive producer Richard Gordon and genre film writer Tom Weaver ; a collection of trailers from Godon films: Fiend without a face, The haunted strangler, Corridor's of blood, First man into space, and The atomic submarine ; rare still photographs and ephemera, with commentary ; vintage advertisements and lobby cards.
ISBN:
1559409118
OCLC:
46362501
Publisher Number:
715515011327
CC1564D Criterion Collection

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