The Invader (1951)

★★★★ · The Invader (Tales of Tomorrow). · richgoup · 2011-07-21

Season 1, episode 14. Original air date: 12 December 1951. A research team led by Dr. Burroughs witnesses a UFO crash into the sea. Burroughs` son Roy makes a dive on the ship, but when he surfaces, his father begins to realize that Roy is not himself. Cast: William Eythe (Roy), Eva Gabor (Laura), Salem Ludwig (Chandler), Farrell Pelly (MacQueen) and Edgar Stehli (Burroughs). From IMDB.

★★★ · Science is not for SISSIES!!!!!!!!!! · I_h8_screen_names · 2013-11-23

This is the only time I ever saw a program with the plot telling us "it takes a REAL man to be a scientist". Usually the scientist is the 98 pound weakling getting sand kicked in his face by the tough guy/beach bully. Not here!!! Oh no! The old man scientist want his son to stop being such a little girl and be the supreme macho-man... a scientist. Yep. The action takes place on a hired boat. The son proves his moxie by diving in to check on a UFO that has crashed into the sea. Dad soon finds out there are worse things than having a poet for a son. Eva Gabor in an early appearance is pretty…