There is no CGI to show this but car stops dead and kills the driver, the temperature goes up, the hospital workers react.
The atmosphere of suspense is quietly conveyed by the lighting and the black and white photography.Īt one point a force field is established around the hospital. Meanwhile two other aliens are searching for him. The plot is simple a strange man in a rubbery suit is knocked down in the road, taken to hospital and discovered to be an alien. She was an under used actor in British films. The scene where she is discovered sprawling on the carpet, reading a text book and listening to music makes you warm to her instantly. Valerie Gearon as another doctor is great. Edward Judd is his usual morose self but is a plausible doctor. Each one is fallible and anxious, trying to cope with the unknown. This makes them more like real people than a lot of films do. It is a low key film and the people in, in the face of something alien, get on with their jobs as best they can. It was made in the sixties but I can watch it again and again while bloated modern sci-fi films are seen and soon forgotten. This British film is a good example of how intelligence and care can be very adequate substitutes for big budgets and endless CGI. Reviewed by henry-girling 7 / 10 Small but perfectly formed
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