Dr. Russell A. Marvin

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Dr. Russell A. Marvin is the fictional scientist protagonist in the 1956 science fiction film "Earth vs. the Flying Saucers."

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Dr. Russell A. Marvin canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
film character ⓘ
scientist ⓘ
appearsIn Earth vs. the Flying Saucers ⓘ
appearsInColorOrBW black-and-white film ⓘ
appearsInDecade 1950s cinema ⓘ
appearsInGenre alien invasion film ⓘ
associatedWith Pentagon ⓘ
United States military ⓘ
basedIn Washington, D.C. ⓘ
characterAlignment heroic ⓘ
characterType rational scientist hero ⓘ
conflictWith alien invaders ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States ⓘ
createdFor Earth vs. the Flying Saucers ⓘ
directorOfWork Fred F. Sears ⓘ
enemy flying saucers ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Earth vs. the Flying Saucers ⓘ
fieldOfWork rocketry ⓘ
space research ⓘ
genreOfWork science fiction ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
maritalStatus married ⓘ
medium film ⓘ
narrativeEra Cold War period ⓘ
linked to: Cold War
narrativeFunction leads human scientific response to alien threat ⓘ
narrativeRole protagonist ⓘ
notableAction attempts communication with alien spacecraft ⓘ
develops a sonic weapon against flying saucers ⓘ
notableFor representing 1950s American scientific optimism ⓘ
occupation scientist ⓘ
portrayedBy Hugh Marlowe ⓘ
primarySetting Earth ⓘ
productionCompanyOfWork Columbia Pictures ⓘ
scriptWriterCreation Curt Siodmak ⓘ
George Worthing Yates ⓘ
spouse Carol Marvin ⓘ
storyOutcome helps defeat alien saucers ⓘ
threatFaced global alien invasion ⓘ
usesTechnology rockets ⓘ
sonic weapon system ⓘ
worksAt U.S. government rocket research project ⓘ
workTitleLanguage English-language film ⓘ
yearOfAppearance 1956 ⓘ

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Hugh Marlowe → portrayed → Dr. Russell A. Marvin ⓘ