I have now seen this movie maybe 7 or 8 times and every once in a while, it brings a little tear to my eye. In a way, it's a tragic love story between our earth lady Betty Morgan (Dawn Bender) and our teenager from outer space with a conscience, Derek (Tom Graeff).
After learning that Thor (Bryant Grant) has remained behind to hunt for him and also learning that the gargon herds are going to be brought to earth for grazing and feeding purposes, we know that Derek would have to do something very spectacular and conclusive to stop this invasion of earth from another planet. In other words, he had to sacrifice himself. A tragic hero.
Thor is a story in himself. He is the most belligerent of all the teenagers and it is he that doesn't spare the use of the focussing disintegrator ray gun in order to spoil or spare the animal or human. As far as I feel, I think he was the most realistic character in the whole movie.
Now to the spacecraft captain (King Moody). It took me a little while to recognize that the spaceship captain was the same person that played a real nutty character, Shtarke, on Maxwell Smart some 10 years later. Here was one guy that played two completely different characters.
All in all this is an interesting movie. It doesn't compare to standards of today, but I would place it alongside "EARTH vs THE FLYING SAUCERS"--another interesting movie of the time.
After learning that Thor (Bryant Grant) has remained behind to hunt for him and also learning that the gargon herds are going to be brought to earth for grazing and feeding purposes, we know that Derek would have to do something very spectacular and conclusive to stop this invasion of earth from another planet. In other words, he had to sacrifice himself. A tragic hero.
Thor is a story in himself. He is the most belligerent of all the teenagers and it is he that doesn't spare the use of the focussing disintegrator ray gun in order to spoil or spare the animal or human. As far as I feel, I think he was the most realistic character in the whole movie.
Now to the spacecraft captain (King Moody). It took me a little while to recognize that the spaceship captain was the same person that played a real nutty character, Shtarke, on Maxwell Smart some 10 years later. Here was one guy that played two completely different characters.
All in all this is an interesting movie. It doesn't compare to standards of today, but I would place it alongside "EARTH vs THE FLYING SAUCERS"--another interesting movie of the time.