EARTH VS. THE FLYING SAUCERS (1956)

Another typical mid-Fifties sci-fi-er, but better than most. Rocket scientist Russell Marvin (Hugh Marlowe) and his wife Carol (Joan Taylor) get a mysterious recording from aliens hovering over their car in a flying saucer. They've been aborting rocket launches and hatching a plan to take over Earth unless science and the military can stop them. A familiar theme in this genre, but the Ray Harryhausen special effects are exceptionally well done, and the aliens' attack (and defeat, natch) on Washington DC is exciting. Marlowe and Taylor do a fine job, too. Very enjoyable.