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Invasion USA

USA 1952
produced by
Robert Smith, Albert Zugsmith, Joseph Justman (executive) for American Pictures Company
directed by Alfred E. Green
starring Gerald Mohr, Peggie Castle, Dan O'Herlihy, Robert Bice, Tom Kennedy, Wade Crosby, Erik Blythe, Phyllis Coates, Aram Katcher, Knox Manning, Edward G.Robinson jr, Noel Neill, Clarence A.Shoop, William Schallert, John Crawford, Franklyn Farnum, Jack Lomas, Frank Mills
written by Robert Smith, Franz Schulz (as Franz Spencer), music by Albert Glasser

review by
Mike Haberfelner

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At a bar, a random group of people discuss politics, high taxes, the arms race and the possibility of war. Suddenly a weird stranger by the name of Ohman (Dan O'Herlihy) somehow attracts the attention of all of them making some cryptic remarks ... then he leaves.

Soon enough, the USA is attacked by foreign, probably Russian, airplanes, and since these attackers seem to have atom bombs in no short supply, the Americans seem to be on the losing side, lacking sufficient soldiers and resources to halt the enemy. So soon enough, brave American civilians start to apply the Scorched Earth policy, meaning they lay waste to stuff like trains and oil plants so they can't fall into the hands of the enemy.

Intermingled with the story of the war as such are the fates of the strangers who have met in above-mentioned bar:

A tractor manufacturer (Robert Bice), who has refused to give in to the army to produce tanks for an upcoming war suddenly finds his factory taken over by the Russians, who force him to produce tanks ... but for them.

A farmer (Erik Blythe), who has lived far enough away from the population centres of the US and who has had no worse worries than high taxes suddenly finds himself just below the Hoover Dam when the dam is blown up.

A congressman (Wade Crosby), who has opposed higher defense budgets is not shot dead by the Russians when they (successfully) attack the Congress.

And our romantic couple, the radio reporter (Gerald Mohr) and the blonde (Peggie Castle) try to do everything to help in the war efforts, and they even survive the bombardment of New York ... but when the Russians take the appartment building they are living in, they are both shot dead when the Russians try to rape our blonde but are not too interested in resistance.

With all protagonists dead and America in the hand of the Russians, the film returns to the bar, and finds everybody's still alive and kicking ... Ohman has merely used mass hypnosis to show them a possible future - which each of our heroes can prevent if he helps the country in its war efforts right now ...

 

It's not often that one finds a film to be such a blatant (and misguided) advertiesment for armament such as this one - but at the same time the film does reflect the mood of the time quite well ...

In itself, the film is strictly a cheapo: most of the scenes of this warfilm take place in a bar, with the rest being filled up with stock footage from flying shows, army recruitment films and even footage from World War II ... and the fact that even the enemy is flying American planes and wearing American uniforms (since the production could not afford to film sequences with Russian planes or get Russian uniforms) is frquently hinted at in the film, but it's never really explained (mostly the Russians just decide "today we are attacking wearing American uniforms"). On one hand, this is of course as hilarious and unrealistic as it sounds. On the other hand though the film does feature some great stock footage of vintage planes and World War II bombardments because of that.

In all, no it's not a good movie, even apart from its misguided political message, but it does have a certain hard-to-resist cheapocamp-value which will make you want to watch it nevertheless.

 

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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