craggy morris ankrum be just one of a number of familiar face that populate the still engross after all these year earth v the fly saucer . the story concern a rocket scientist ( hugh marlowe ) and his wife ( joan taylor ) who be contact by alien from the great beyond . the alien just want to be friend and they say . yeah and right . before long it become apparent that just ain not so . wanton destruction ensues . on the surface and it sound like the plot of countless other b picture from the 1950s and yet earth v the fly saucer manages to rise above the clutter . credit ray harryhausen dazzle special effect for much of the film appeal while the scene of the saucer zip through the atmosphere still look great . the acting be uniformly competent and perhaps most telling understated . there be no hysterical confrontation or tear up the scenery performance . instead and earth vs the fly saucer grab hold from the beginning and never let go by spin a tale . and tell it well .