The Invaders
Beachhead
TV Flash files “Beachhead” as a desk essential hour — The Invaders (1967–1968) on ABC, season 1, episode 1, aired 1967-01-10, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E01: listed hour 1 of 43 in the The Invaders guide, first listed hour of season 1. It aired 1967-01-10 (60 min). No earlier hour is listed in this guide. Next is “The Experiment” (S01E02).
Essential hour: “Beachhead”. Beachhead is the 1967 seizure: Roy Thinnes's David Vincent, the only man who knows they are here, occupation nightmare in a suit.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
David Vincent pulls his car over to take a nap late one night only to be awoken by a spaceship landing nearby. However, he struggles to convince anyone of his story.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Beachhead sit in the The Invaders guide?
S01E01 is listed hour 1 of 43 — first listed hour of season 1, season 1 episode 1.
When did The Invaders S01E01 air?
Beachhead aired 1967-01-10 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start?
Vincent alone against the occupation — Thinnes, business-suit aliens, hunt structure — is the paranoid contract. Start at the beginning of the short run if you want the isolation intact.
In the series
Why this series still plays
The Invaders is Quinn Martin's alien-occupation nightmare in a business suit: Roy Thinnes as architect David Vincent, the only man who knows they are here, chasing disappearing corpses and crooked little fingers. It borrows The Fugitive's hunt structure and loads it with UFO dread. Two seasons of paranoid sci-fi that treat suburbia as camouflage — appointment fear, not camp saucers.
Two seasons. **Forty-three episodes.** That is the whole window, and it was enough to mint a cult classic of 1960s alien-invasion television. The Invaders is Quinn Martin's occupation nightmare in a business suit: Roy Thinnes as architect David Vincent, the only man who knows they are here, chasing disappearing corpses and crooked little fingers. Larry Cohen's ABC series (1967–1968) borrows The Fugitive's hunt structure and loads it with UFO dread. Kent Smith's Edgar Scoville joins the later fight. Rex will toast…
Filed against
- Roy Thinnes as David Vincent
Roy Thinnes's David Vincent chased The Invaders as Quinn Martin's alien-occupation nightmare in a business suit — the only man who knows they are here, disappearing corpses, crooked little fingers. Fugitive hunt structure loaded with UFO…
- Kent Smith as Edgar Scoville
Kent Smith's Edgar Scoville joined The Invaders' business-suit nightmare — Quinn Martin's alien-occupation hunt, Roy Thinnes as the architect who knows they are here, disappearing corpses and crooked little fingers. UFO dread on a…