Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) in the PNW

Details: Written by: Mortado; Category: The 1950s in Northwest Cinemas

The following is a collection of print media from the initial runs of 1956's "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" in the Pacific Northwest. "The Atomic Man" was the second movie in both Portland and Seattle.

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Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
Director: Don Siegel
Writers: Daniel Mainwaring (screenplay), Jack Finney (based on the Collier's magazine serial by), Richard Collins (uncredited)
Stars: Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates

The Atomic Man (1955)
An atomic scientist is found floating in a river with a bullet in his back and a radioactive halo around his body. The radioactivity has put him seven-and-a-half seconds ahead of us in time. He teams up with a reporter to stop his evil double from destroying his experiments in artificial tungsten.
Director: Ken Hughes
Writer: Charles Eric Maine (novel "The Isotope Man")
Stars: Gene Nelson, Faith Domergue, Joseph Tomelty

March 5, 1956 photo (Portland)