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Key Details

Release StatusReleased
Release Date1978-05-12
Languageen
Runtime1h 20m
Budget$30,000
Production

Cinemagic Inc., United Entertainment

4.2(33)
•1978•1h 20m

The Alien Factor

"Gripping Sci-Fi Terror From Beyond..."

HorrorScience Fiction

Overview

A spaceship containing specimens for an intergalactic zoo crashes on Earth near a small backwoods town. The specimens escape, and soon town folk start turning up mutilated.

Director
Don Dohler
Writing & Screenplay
Don Dohler
Cinematography
Britt McDonough

Principal Cast

15 credited
DL
Don LeifertBen Zachary
TG
Tom GriffithSheriff Cinder
Richard Dyszel
Richard DyszelMayor Wicker
MM
Mary MertensEdie Martin
RG
Richard GeiwitzPete
George Stover
George StoverSteven Price
EH
Eleanor HermanMary Jane Carter
AF
Anne FrithDr. Ruth Sherman
CG
Christopher GummerClay
Don Dohler
Don DohlerErnie
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