# The Invaders (1967)

> A man who witnessed a secret alien landing races to convince a disbelieving world that the Invaders have already taken human form.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/12935

## Facts

- Seasons: 2
- Episodes: 43
- Episode runtime: 60 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: science fiction, drama
- Created by: Larry Cohen
- Network: ABC
- Cast: Dawn Wells, Roy Thinnes, William Windom, Diana Hyland, Kent Smith, Laurie Mock, Jerry Ayres, Diane Baker
- TMDB rating: 8.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061265/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: mild
- Tone: paranoid, lonely, suspenseful, creeping dread

## What critics say

Critics and viewers value the show's paranoid alien-invasion premise, suspenseful case-of-the-week structure, and Roy Thinnes's committed lead performance, though its formula can feel repetitive.

## Synopsis

The Invaders (1967-1968) is a American science fiction drama series created by Larry Cohen for ABC, running two seasons and forty-three hour-long episodes. Roy Thinnes plays architect-turned-investigator David Vincent, a man who glimpsed a landing craft from another galaxy on a lonely country road and now knows that the Invaders, aliens from a dying planet, have taken human form to claim Earth. Dawn Wells, William Windom as Major Rick Graves, and Diana Hyland appear among the principal cast, with Kent Smith as Edgar Scoville. The engine of the show is David's frustrating pursuit of proof: every episode he tracks a new sighting, a suspicious neighbor or an official cover-up, and he must convince a world that refuses to believe him before the invasion becomes irreversible. Its shape is a standalone case-of-the-week structure threaded with a continuing mythology across both seasons. Set in contemporary 1960s America, it unfolds in ordinary towns, diners and offices where anyone might be an alien. The tone is paranoid and lonely, with creeping dread, quiet dread and an unsettling sense that the nightmare has already begun. Fans of The X-Files, The Twilight Zone and Invasion of the Body Snatchers will find resonance in its blend of conspiracy, suspicion and cold war anxiety.

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