Invaders from Mars (1953 film)

Invaders from Mars is a 1953 American science fiction film independently produced by Edward L. Alperson Jr. and directed by William Cameron Menzies. The film stars Jimmy Hunt, Helena Carter, Arthur Franz, Morris Ankrum, Leif Erickson, and Hillary Brooke and was distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.  It was developed from a scenario by Richard Blake that was based on a story treatment by John Tucker Battle, who was inspired by a dream recounted by his wife.