The Secret Invasion (1964) | |
| Director(s) | Roger Corman |
| Producer(s) | Gene Corman |
| Top Genres | Action, Drama, Historical, War |
| Top Topics | World War II |
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The Secret Invasion (1964) was a Action - Drama Film directed by Roger Corman and produced by Gene Corman.
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Roger Corman came up with the idea for the film during a visit to the dentist, when he read a magazine article about Dubrovnik. To take his mind off the pain while the dentist was working, he tried to create a story which could be filmed there. After leaving the dentist, he returned to his office and wrote the first treatment for the script.
This movie is considered to have beaten The Dirty Dozen in having the first film story about World War II prisoners recruited to go on an impossible suicide mission in exchange for pardons. "The Dirty Dozen" had the same plot but didn't come out until three years later.
Producer Roger Corman once described how this film came about: ". . . Bob Campbell R. Wright Campbell, who had just done The Young Racers for me, had finished a script titled 'The Dubious Patriots'. Once again, the theme was one I liked very much: bad men sent to do good as a way to redeem themselves and win their freedom. In New York--on the way back from Racers--I gave Picker David V. Picker the script on a Friday and he said, 'We'll look at it. But we're backed up with scripts and it might be a few weeks before I can get to it.'" Picker rang Corman on Monday and the picture was given the go-ahead. Corman was surprised because his experience with the major studios was not always positive. Corman added: "It went that fast. Right place at the right time. The title was changed to "The Secret Invasion", which was believed to be more commercial. UA budgeted the production at $600,000, which was double my bigger Poe Edgar Allan Poe pictures. The film was shot in the summer of 1963."
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This movie is considered to have beaten The Dirty Dozen in having the first film story about World War II prisoners recruited to go on an impossible suicide mission in exchange for pardons. "The Dirty Dozen" had the same plot but didn't come out until three years later.
Producer Roger Corman once described how this film came about: ". . . Bob Campbell R. Wright Campbell, who had just done The Young Racers for me, had finished a script titled 'The Dubious Patriots'. Once again, the theme was one I liked very much: bad men sent to do good as a way to redeem themselves and win their freedom. In New York--on the way back from Racers--I gave Picker David V. Picker the script on a Friday and he said, 'We'll look at it. But we're backed up with scripts and it might be a few weeks before I can get to it.'" Picker rang Corman on Monday and the picture was given the go-ahead. Corman was surprised because his experience with the major studios was not always positive. Corman added: "It went that fast. Right place at the right time. The title was changed to "The Secret Invasion", which was believed to be more commercial. UA budgeted the production at $600,000, which was double my bigger Poe Edgar Allan Poe pictures. The film was shot in the summer of 1963."
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