to help guide the spaceships to land. Derek then goes into the spacecraft alone and makes the ultimate sacrifice. Leading the invasion fleet at full speed directly towards his ground location and causing a massive explosion. Killing his father, the Captain and Thor in the process. Derek does not survive the blast but is remembered by Betty for declaring, "I shall make the Earth my home. And I shall never, never leave it." Cast David Love as Derek Dawn Bender as Betty Morgan Bryan Grant as Thor Harvey B. Dunn as Gramps Morgan Tom Graeff (billed as Tom Lockyear) as Joe Rogers King Moody as Spacecraft Captain Ralph Lowe as Morro, Spaceship Crew Bill DeLand as Sol, Spaceship Crew Billy Bridges as Motorist picking up Thor Sonia Torgeson as Alice Woodward Jim MacGeorge as Detective Mac Frederick Welch as Dr. C.R. Brandt, MD Helen Sage as Nurse Morse Gene Sterling as The Alien Leader Sol Resnick as the Junior Astronomer Don Chambers as the Senior Astronomer Carl Dickensen as Gas Station Attendant Ursula Hansen as Hilda, Simpson's Secretary James Conklin as Professor Simpson Production Teenagers from Outer Space was filmed on location in and around Hollywood, California, in the fall of 1956 and winter of 1957. With a number of tell-tale landmarks like Bronson Canyon in Griffith Park and Hollywood High School, which gives away the film's otherwise generic location. One notable aspect of the film is that it was largely the work of a single person, Tom Graeff, who, in addition to playing the role of reporter Joe Rogers, wrote, directed, edited, and produced the film, on which he also provided cinematography, special effects, and music coordination. Producers Bryan and Ursula Pearson ("Thor" and "Hilda") and Gene Sterling ("The Leader") provided the film's $14,000 budget, which was less than shoestring even by the standards of the day. Cost-effective measures According to Bryan Pearson, the crew employed many guerrilla tactics in order to cut costs. Director Tom Graeff secured for free the location used for Betty Morgan's house by posing as a UCLA student (which he had attended and graduated from 5 years earlier). The older woman who owned the house even let the crew use her electricity to power their equipment. Graeff shot in many nearby locations, mostly in the vicinity of Sunset Boulevard and Highland Avenue, that doubled as more important city landmarks. Graeff's steady hand and framing