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Bud Brewster
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 Posted: Wed May 13, 2015 9:06 pm Post subject: Night Slaves (1970 TV movie) |
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The residents of a small town are being hypnotized and recruited to help repair the disabled spacecraft of an alien crew (an idea perhaps borrowed from "It Came from Outer Space").
James Fanciscus ("Beneath the Planet of the Apes") retains his free will because he's got a metal plate in his head (an idea perhaps borrowed from "They Came from Beyond Space").
Franciscus falls in love with lady alien Tisha Sterling. Despite the borrowed nature of the plot, director Ted Post makes it worth watching, and the cast adds interest, too. Co-starring Leslie Nielson ("Forbidden Planet"), Lee Grant, Andrew Prine, and Scott Marlowe.
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Bud Brewster
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Hot damn, another made-for-TV movie that YouTube allows us to enjoy, free of charge!
I've never seen it. I hope it's good. 
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I thought the title was familiar — it was based on a novel by Jerry Sohl. Take it away, Wikipedia:
| Quote: | Night Slaves is a 1970 American television science fiction horror film directed by Ted Post. Based on a novel by science fiction writer Jerry Sohl (best known for writing episodes of The Outer Limits, Star Trek, Alfred Hitchcock Presents and as ghostwriter for Charles Beaumont on three episodes of The Twilight Zone), "Night Slaves" aired as part of the "Movie of the Week" series of TV movies produced for the ABC (other TV movies as part of this series were Duel, The Night Stalker, Killdozer)and starred film and TV actor James Franciscus and Lee Grant.
The TV movie features the debut of actress Sharon Gless. The teleplay was co-written by Robert Specht who had contributed to the TV series The Outer Limits and The Immortal.
Jerry Sohl the author of the original novel noted that he was "very pleased with the whole thing...as a matter of fact, it interested me. They did a marvellous job." |
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