Post by ant-mac on Oct 30, 2018 22:15:52 GMT
INVASION USA (1952) 4/5.
An entertaining and surprisingly grim American film, which was made and set during the Cold War and portrays the invasion of the United States by an unnamed Communist enemy that is meant to be taken as the Soviet Union. It was written by Robert Smith and Franz Schulz, based upon a story by Robert Smith and Franz Spencer. The music is by Albert Glasser, it was produced by Robert Smith, Albert Zugsmith and Joseph Justman and the film was directed by Alfred E Green.
The film poses the scenario of a foreign power invading the US with atom bombs. Startling aspects of the screenplay are further parlayed through effective use of war footage secured from the various armed services and the Atomic Energy Commission. However, on a philosophical level, INVASION USA seems to encourages citizens to subordinate their individual needs and desires to that of the state, in order to combat Communism, which is more than just a little ironic when you consider what Communism stood for in the minds of many Americans during that era.
It stars Dan O'Herlihy, Gerald Mohr, Peggie Castle, Robert Bice, Tom Kennedy, Phyllis Coates, Noel Neill, Edward G Robinson Junior and Knox Manning as Himself. It comes across as a mildly educational film that gives an interesting insight into a different era.
