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The Invaders
S2.E3
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The Watchers

  • Episode aired Sep 19, 1967
  • TV-PG
  • 51m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
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Kevin McCarthy, Shirley Knight, and Roy Thinnes in The Invaders (1967)
DramaSci-FiThriller

Paul Cook's an electronics expert with an aversion to people. Beings from an alien planet would also like a look at the defenses, and they've a plan to take advantage of Cook's reclusiveness... Read allPaul Cook's an electronics expert with an aversion to people. Beings from an alien planet would also like a look at the defenses, and they've a plan to take advantage of Cook's reclusiveness. If David Vincent can't stop the invaders, they'll get the information and use it to adva... Read allPaul Cook's an electronics expert with an aversion to people. Beings from an alien planet would also like a look at the defenses, and they've a plan to take advantage of Cook's reclusiveness. If David Vincent can't stop the invaders, they'll get the information and use it to advance their planned invasion.

  • Director
    • Jesse Hibbs
  • Writers
    • Jerry Sohl
    • Earl Hamner Jr.
    • Meyer Dolinsky
  • Stars
    • Roy Thinnes
    • Shirley Knight
    • Kevin McCarthy
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.6/10
    197
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jesse Hibbs
    • Writers
      • Jerry Sohl
      • Earl Hamner Jr.
      • Meyer Dolinsky
    • Stars
      • Roy Thinnes
      • Shirley Knight
      • Kevin McCarthy
    • 1User review
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    Roy Thinnes
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    • David Vincent
    Shirley Knight
    Shirley Knight
    • Margaret Cook
    Kevin McCarthy
    Kevin McCarthy
    • Paul Cook
    Leonard Stone
    Leonard Stone
    • Ramsey
    Robert Yuro
    Robert Yuro
    • Simms
    Walter Brooke
    Walter Brooke
    • Danvers
    Harry Hickox
    Harry Hickox
    • Bowman
    John Zaremba
    John Zaremba
    • General
    James Seay
    James Seay
    • Grayson
    Paul Sorensen
    Paul Sorensen
    • Alien #1
    Marlowe Jensen
    • Alien #2
    Dick Cherney
    • Waiter
    • (uncredited)
    Mark Russell
    Mark Russell
    • Attache
    • (uncredited)
    Dick Wesson
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    • (uncredited)
    William Woodson
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    • Director
      • Jesse Hibbs
    • Writers
      • Jerry Sohl
      • Earl Hamner Jr.
      • Meyer Dolinsky
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    StuOz

    Kevin McCarthy And His Double

    The Invaders are "watching" Kevin McCarthy on a Time-Tunnel-type viewing screen and they soon send out a double of him.

    A wonderfully filmed death scene at an airport is one of the big things that lingers in the mind about this episode. The scene looks like something from a Hitchcock film, the way it is directed and acted, such a well made moment!

    But this is "Kevin McCarthy in Irwin Allen Land" to me.

    Irwin Allen sci-fi of the period had sci-fi about alien doubles, aliens watching humans on fancy viewing screens and we even have Time Tunnel co-star John Zaremba (Ray) playing a General in this episode. Time Tunnel had just been axed so he was jumping from one sci- fi world to another.

    The Watchers is a fine hour and Kevin McCarthy makes it even better!

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    • Trivia
      The plane Paul Cook lands in is a Cessna 320D, registration: N4178T. It was involved in the fatal crash in 2003 in Mazama, WA.
    • Goofs
      During Act 1 in the airport sequence the plane in the background was N6423F a Cessna 150F, then shortly later it was N5444R a Cessna 172F and then a little later N5732A a Cessna 172F even though there were no plane movements or landings except for the Douglas DC3 that the lodge owner ran into the prop of and the Cessna 320 (N4178T) that landed carrying Kevin Mc Carthy.
    • Quotes

      Narrator: [Epilog Narration] David Vincent will seek out the Invader again, facing a world that cannot believe him, not quite so alone now. For he has found another who does believe: a girl of courage and spirit; a girl of vision.

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    • Release date
      • September 19, 1967 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Bracket Airfield, La Verne, California, USA(location)
    • Production companies
      • Quinn Martin Productions (QM)
      • American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
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    • Runtime
      • 51m
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1
      • 4:3

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