Black Leather Jackets story

tz1959e5x18 · 1964-01-31

Three motorcycle-riding young men are actually part of an alien invasion force. One of them falls for a local teenage girl. Directed by: Joseph M. Newman. Story by: Earl Hamner, Jr.

14 total · 1 choice · 4 major · 9 minor

ThemeLevelMotivation
attack from outer space by a genocidal enemy choice An alien race plotted to prepare Earth for colonization by secretly poisoning all humans and their livestock.
alien living secretly among us major Three aliens, disguised as human males wearing leather jackets, were sent to Earth to contaminate a city's water reservoirs with a deadly bacteria.
alien point of view major The aliens in general seemed incapable of understanding human emotions, perhaps suggesting that they had fundamentally different kinds of brains. In particular, they misinterpreted that humans were able to love.
extraterrestrial being major Three aliens, disguised as human males wearing leather jackets, were sent to Earth to contaminate a city's water reservoirs with a deadly bacteria.
infatuation major Scott and Ellen fell passionately in love.
disapproving parent minor Stuart disapproved of his teenage daughter running around with the leather jacket wearing, motorcycle riding beatnik Scott.
father and daughter minor Stuart was anxious about his daughter Ellen having taken a liking to the beatnik next door.
female attraction to bad men minor Ellen was instantly attracted to a black leather jacket wearing, motorcycle riding stranger.
husband and wife minor Stuart and Martha Ellis.
mind control ability minor The aliens manipulated Stuart's mind to make him leave.