Killers from Space

Killers from Space
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	W. Lee Wilder
Written by	William Raynor Myles Wilder
Produced by	W. Lee Wilder
Starring	Peter Graves Barbara Bestar James Seay Frank Gerstle
Narrated by	Mark Scott
Cinematography	William H. Clothier
Edited by	William Faris
Music by	Manuel Compinsky
Production companies	Planet Filmplays, Inc. RKO Radio Pictures
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	January 23, 1954 (1954-01-23)[1]
Running time	71 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Killers from Space (also known as The Man Who Saved the Earth) is a 1954 American independent science fiction film produced and directed by W. Lee Wilder, and starring Peter Graves, Barbara Bestar, Frank Gerstle, James Seay, and Steve Pendleton. Shot in black-and-white, the film originated as a commissioned screenplay from Wilder's son Myles Wilder and their regular collaborator William Raynor.^[2]

Lee Wilder's production company, Planet Filmplays, usually producing on a financing-for-distribution basis for United Artists, wound up making this film for RKO Radio Pictures distribution.