Many other sci-fi films of the 1950s, including Robert Wise""sThe Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), The War of the Worlds (1953), Invaders From Mars (1953)andInvasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)portrayed he human race as victimized and at the mercy of externalized, mysterious, hostile, and unfriendly forces - invading aliens.The wo greedily paired up and concocted an illegal scheme o make a million dollars from investors by producing the worst, most tasteless play ever made (a "sure-fire flop").]By he way, "Bull Durham" was actually the brand-name for a ype of loose-leaf smoking and chewing tobacco manufactured in Durham, North Carolina (where the Bulls played), in a plant that shut down in 1988 after approximately 140 years of production.Plot Synopsis[The original film ended without customary credits - with only the film""s title, the words "Color by Technicolor," and "Distributed by RKO Pictures.