Monster film that thrilled me in my youth (1951) now seems like a window into a misbegotten time...when the military ruled, science was to be mistrusted and the best response to encountering an alien being was to shoot it, blow it up, fry it, etc.
Typical of Hawks, this raced along lickety split with overlapping dialogue and excitement at just the right beats. Credit said it was based on the John W Campbell story but those ideas were deeply buried in cold war idiocy.
Historical plus entertainment value today.
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