Battle of the Worlds

Battle of the Worlds Italian Il Pianeta degli uomini spenti is a 1961 Italian science fiction film directed by Antonio Margheriti, starring Claude Rains, Bill Carter and Maya Brent. The Italian title translates as The Planet of Extinct Men.

The base scientists are elated when the Outsider passes the earth at a distance of 95,000 miles, just as Benson predicted. But Benson himself is stunned when the Outsider takes up an orbit round Earth. He concludes that the Outsider must be controlled by an alien intelligence, and he calls upon the worlds scientific governing council to destroy it without delay.Against Bensons wishes, an expedition is launched to make a close study of the new planet. As the exploratory spacecraft approach, a number of discshaped alien spaceships emerge from beneath the planets surface, destroying the Earth vessels. ........

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