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David Vincent has seen them...
The Invaders, alien beings from a dying planet. Their destination: the Earth. Their purpose: to make it their world. David Vincent has seen them, for him it began one lost night on a lonely country road, looking for a shortcut that he never found. It began with a closed deserted diner, and a man too long without sleep to continue his journey. It began with the landing of a craft from another galaxy. Now, David Vincent knows that the Invaders are here, that they have taken human form. Somehow he must convince a disbelieving world that the nightmare has already begun.
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The Invaders premiered January 10, 1967. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
The Invaders, alien beings from a dying planet. Their destination: the Earth. Their purpose: to make it their world. David Vincent has seen them, for him it began one lost night on a lonely country road, looking for a shortcut that he never found. It began with a closed deserted diner, and a man too long without sleep to continue his journey. It began with the landing of a craft from another galaxy. Now, David Vincent knows that the Invaders are here, that they have taken human form. Somehow he must convince a disbelieving world that the nightmare has already begun.
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Episode 1
Vincent attempts to thwart the alien infiltration of a Air Defense Command Unit.
Directed by Don MedfordWritten by Laurence HeathGuest stars Antoinette Bower, Jason Evers, Simon Scott, Robert Brubaker, Forrest Compton, Burt Douglas, Roy Engel, Mort Mills
Episode 2
Vincent battles, then destroys an alien guard and captures one of their spacecraft.
Directed by Jesse HibbsWritten by Daniel B. UllmanGuest stars Anne Francis, Charles Drake, Dabney Coleman, Robert Knapp, Kelly Thordsen, Sandy Kenyon, John Ward, Christopher Shea
Episode 3
A hysterical hotel manager tells Vincent aliens are taking over his hotel.
Directed by Jesse HibbsWritten by Meyer Dolinsky, Earl Hamner, Jr., Jerry SohlGuest stars Shirley Knight, Kevin McCarthy, Leonard Stone, Robert Yuro, Walter Brooke, Harry Hickox, James Seay, John Zaremba
Episode 4
After an alien is captured in a small town, Vincent warns the townspeople, who assume their captive is a madman.
Directed by Jesse HibbsWritten by Howard Merrill, Robert SabaroffGuest stars Nan Martin, Harry Townes, Ron Hayes, Mark Roberts, Hank Brandt, James B. Sikking, Ted Knight, Robert Sorrells
Episode 5
Despite Vincent's warnings, a nurse tries to help an injured alien survivor of a saucer crash.
Directed by Robert ButlerWritten by John W. BlochGuest stars Barbara Barrie, Paul Mantee, Richard Anderson, Gene Lyons, George Keymas, Russell Thorson
Episode 6
A man seek's Vincent's aid after he is arrested and put on trial for murder after the incineration death of an alien.
Directed by Robert ButlerWritten by George Eckstein, David W. RintelsGuest stars Don Gordon, Russell Johnson, Lynda Day George, Harold Gould, Malcolm Atterbury, Bill Zuckert, John Rayner, Richard Hale
Episode 7
Vincent is horrified to learn the invaders are using strange seed spores that after cultivated will develop into full-grown aliens.
Directed by William HaleWritten by John Herman Shaner, Al Ramrus, Ellis Kadison, Joel KaneGuest stars Gene Hackman, Mark Miller, Patricia Smith, John Randolph, Wayne Rogers, Noam Pitlik, Joel Davison, Christine Matchett
Episode 8
While investigating the Invaders susceptibility to minor human ailments, Vincent unknowingly is taken aboard an alien spacecraft.
Directed by George McCowanWritten by Jerry SohlGuest stars Dawn Wells, Andrew Prine, William Sargent, Whit Bissell, Susan Davis, Tim McIntire, Tom Lowell, Kelly Jean Peters
Episode 9
In Part I of this two-part episode, Vincent uncovers a diabolical alien plot to destroy all of the world's leaders.
Directed by Don MedfordWritten by George EcksteinGuest stars Ford Rainey, Ian Wolfe, Ben Wright, Peter Hobbs, Martin West, Vic Perrin, Don Lamond, Victoria Hale
Episode 10
In the conclusion of a two-part episode, Vincent must defuse an experimental rocket that if ignited will destroy all heads of state gathered at a world summit meeting.
Directed by Don MedfordWritten by George EcksteinGuest stars William Windom, Eduard Franz, Michael Rennie, Diana Hyland, Richard Eastham, John Mayo, Jay Lanin, Lew Brown
Episode 11
David exposes an alien disguised as a prophet who capitalizes on his ability to glow red as a tool to deceive people into thinking that his ""gift"" is from God.
Directed by Robert DouglasWritten by Warren Duff, Jerry de BonoGuest stars Pat Hingle, Zina Bethune, Roger Perry, Richard O'Brien, Byron Keith, Dan Frazer, Ray Kellogg
Episode 12
When David Vincent brings an injured alien into the doctor for treatment, the patient's x-rays reveal odd results. While David works to alert the authorities, the aliens conspire to destroy both evidence and witnesses.
Directed by Murray GoldenWritten by Art WallaceGuest stars Sally Kellerman, James T. Callahan, Ed Begley, Virginia Christine, Ed Peck, Martin Blaine, E.J. André, John Zaremba
Episode 13
A Russian ambassador summons David Vincent after he finds that a burglar caught inside the embassy is an alien.
Directed by William HaleWritten by Laurence HeathGuest stars Dana Wynter, Don Dubbins, Fritz Weaver, Lawrence Dane, Dallas Mitchell, Douglas Henderson, Tom Palmer, Peter Coe
Episode 14
David Vincent is kidnapped in a sneak attack on his new found alien-fighting allies, and he must try to escape an alien installation with a human psychologist.
Directed by Paul WendkosWritten by Barry OringerGuest stars Carol Lynley, Richard Karlan, Warren Parker, Rhys Williams, Maura McGiveney, Byron Morrow, Kathleen Larkin, Donald Davis
Episode 15
David Vincent and Bob Torin capture an alien leader, whom they hope to show to the authorities as proof; however, the leader's alien comrades foil David's efforts.
Directed by Lewis AllenWritten by Robert L. CollinsGuest stars Karen Black, Anthony Eisley, Laurence Naismith, Lawrence Montaigne, John S. Ragin, Alfred Ryder, Ron Husmann, Karl Held
Episode 16
David Vincent is called in to aid a huge magazine publishing company that has been experiencing disruptive behavior in its company heads, and David believes that the aliens are behind the troubles.
Directed by Gerald MayerWritten by Warren DuffGuest stars Linden Chiles, Nancy Kovack, Martin Wolfson, Frank Marth, John Lasell, Barney Phillips, John Stephenson, Walter Woolf King
Episode 17
An old college buddy sends David Vincent an urgent message, without any further details other than that it is important. When David arrives, Ted has been brain washed so that he can no longer remember why in the world he'd wanted to see his friend. It soon becomes obvious that the aliens are using mind control of some sort.
Directed by William HaleWritten by John W. BlochGuest stars Michael Tolan, William Smithers, Katherine Justice, Michael Constantine, Charles Bateman, Booth Colman, Rose Hobart, Matt Pelto
Episode 18
David deceives the aliens that he is willing to work with them for a fee, all the while with a plan of attack in mind.
Directed by Robert DouglasWritten by Laurence HeathGuest stars John Milford, Ahna Capri, Ken Lynch, Donald Davis, Pamela Curran, Warren Vanders, Don Chastain, Ross Elliott
Episode 19
Julian Reed calls upon David Vincent to help him expose aliens who have infiltrated The Slaten Research Center. By the time David arrives at the scene, Julian's having hallucinations. Is Julian truly a lunatic, or are the aliens behind his mental lapse?
Directed by Lewis AllenGuest stars Joanne Linville, Donald Harron, Charles Aidman, Simon Scott, Johnny Jensen, Bartlett Robinson, Noah Keen, Lisabeth Field
Episode 20
David Vincent joins forces with the mob when the aliens inadvertently take their illegal shipment of drugs.
Directed by William HaleWritten by Franklin BartonGuest stars J.D. Cannon, Chris Robinson, Nelson Olmsted, Larry Gates, Roy Poole, John Kellogg, Barry Atwater, Ross Hagen
Episode 21
David Vincent arranges a meeting between the alien leaders and an Air Force General, who secretly plans to drop a bomb on the alien leaders despite the fact that many innocent people will die in the process.
Directed by Robert DayWritten by David W. RintelsGuest stars Phyllis Thaxter, Lin McCarthy, James Daly, Pat Cardi, Larry Thor, Jan Merlin, Craig Huebing, Byron Keith
Episode 22
Racist issues arise between David Vincent and the Baxters, a black couple, when David produces evidence that another African American in line for an important position with the space program is actually an alien.
Directed by William HaleWritten by Robert Sabaroff, William BlinnGuest stars Raymond St. Jacques, Janet MacLachlan, Roscoe Lee Browne, Austin Willis, Louis Gossett Jr., Joel Fluellen, D'Urville Martin, Pepe Brown
Episode 23
In a small New Mexico town, a provincial teenage girl witnesses an alien’s incineration and believes it to be a sign from God.
Directed by Robert DayWritten by Robert L. Collins, Norman T. HermanGuest stars Barbara Hershey, Ed Asner, Arch Johnson, Marion Thompson, Robert Biheller, Christopher Shea, Wayne Heffley, Rayford Barnes
Episode 24
A pair of aliens who want to return to their home planet and make a political argument against the invasion of Earth ask David Vincent to help them elude an intensive police manhunt.
Directed by Paul WendkosWritten by Laurence HeathGuest stars R.G. Armstrong, Arthur Franz, Diana Muldaur, Barry Morse, Paul Comi, Stephen Brooks, Morgan Jones, Herb Armstrong
Episode 25
The aliens’ experiments with artificial human emotions go awry when one of their subjects, prone to homicidal rages, defects to David Vincent’s side.
Directed by William HaleWritten by Don BrinkleyGuest stars Suzanne Pleshette, Will Geer, Dana Elcar, Richard O'Brien, Gene Lyons, Mary Jackson, Michael McGreevey, Eldon Quick
Episode 26
David Vincent and Edgar Scoville attempt to warn a senator that a governmental official is an alien, while Andy Hatcher tries to prove otherwise.
Directed by Robert GlatzerWritten by Barry OringerGuest stars Peter Mark Richman, Susan Oliver, John Milford, Kent Smith, Robert H. Harris, Stewart Moss, Alex Gerry, Mary Gregory
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