# Identify this 1960s SF film **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 4, 2005, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-1960s-sf-film/302410 "2005-05-04T18:02:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-1960s-sf-film/302410/1 "2005-05-04T18:02:57Z")
this is exactly the sort of question that i usually know the answer to. I don’t know the answer, so I’m throwing it out to the SDMB. This was a black and white movie that involved an alien who took human form. At one point he gives himself away by sticking his hands in a blowtorch flame without any injury. He takes care of the person who saw this, then “cleanses” his hands in the flame to get rid of any marks. I saw this once in a movie theater, and I can’t recall the title, actors, or plot. It wasn’t anything obvious or famous like **The Brain from Planet Arous** or **I Married a Monster from Outer Space**. So what was it? ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-1960s-sf-film/302410/2 "2005-05-05T00:13:10Z")
Martin Landau (maybe). The alien invader was picked up because his face was perfectly symmetrical. Give me a minute or so… ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-1960s-sf-film/302410/3 "2005-05-05T01:23:11Z")
… and at one point the alien was going to be given a medical examination but he knew he would be in trouble because he had neglected to give himself a heartbeat so he grew a heart … Still no answer on title. For some reason I was thinking of **Zombies of the Stratosphere** but that is not even close. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-1960s-sf-film/302410/4 "2005-05-05T02:06:58Z")
I took the liberty of posting your message on the IMDB board, and one of the experts posited that your movie might be [War of the Satellites (1958)](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0052379/combined). ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-1960s-sf-film/302410/5 "2005-05-05T12:06:46Z")
> [@](#): > > might be War of the Satellites (1958). Might be. I’ll look into it. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-1960s-sf-film/302410/6 "2005-05-05T12:12:32Z")
Based on this page, it might be the flick I vaguely recall. And it seems to be what **DrFidelius** was thinking of, too.: > **[Kino & Filme » Trailer, Filmvorstellungen und Tipps für Kinofilme](https://www.rhein-wied-news.de/kino-filme/)** > > Lust auf einen guten Film? Hier findest Du Filmvorstellungen & Rezensionen, sowie Trailer für kommende Filme und mehr ➜ Der Filme Teil im Magazin! ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-1960s-sf-film/302410/7 "2005-05-05T12:44:08Z")
That’s It!! I knew it was a **_“something nasty”_ of the _“something space-y”_** type title. That’s why I kept looping back to the Zombies…