Just, ah, 'floating' by to add that this slow burning almost clunker can be worth tolerating sitting through to watch for its Star Trek and most noticeably, 'Alien' antecedents - oh, and some femme fun thrill, throughout, too.
Clearly mistitled, as the 'Mutiny' that does - barely - occur, is largely incidental, for is more like a 'Submarine in Space' (note those so low doors: med room surely regularly filled with banged head syndrome? Plus sonar tracking use); but an even better still 'come-on' title would have been 'The Creeping Fungus', which then leads into its surprisingly many 'Alien' spots: as, tick them off as they arrive, to include: invader from outside, infected crew member, quarantine, medical room isolation (with so brief, blink and you'll miss it great face infection make up effect) and even, steam (fire extinguisher?) use to dislodge the 'invader' (even the anguished scream of!)! Even two crew members tinkering with the ship's mechanics whilst female crew member look on .... (Recall? No cat though.)
Then, being that Roddenberry's 'Star Trek' turned up barely a few years later, I'd wager he'd seen this when you see statuesque Pamela Curran (as Lt Connie) in her hip / nether regions* hugging ski like pant/jumpsuit sashay about the control panel deck, raising her eyebrow quizzically á la Spock characteristically came to do: the doc even says "I'm only a Doctor ..." and to observe (know) "the captain is pretty stubborn", of whom (Richard Garland), also gets to exclaim "Stand by for evasive maneuvers!", so, all in keeping with a Kirk-like character, whilst even the crew lurch about the deck to indicate the 'ship' is under meteorite strike.
Of which, the ship, Grimaldi director (through Roger George, with Edwards Art Studio effects, credited) present a neat little space station prop put together seemingly out of an old upturned ash-tray, tea strainer top, both bolted together with a central (giant?) nut.
* Well, note her first introduction from camera focus pull out! Really! ('Ready for my focus now, Mr. Grimaldi ..: is THAT where you want to begin?') BTW: note; Lt Connie is also scripted to hint at a bit of a surreptitious masochistic minxiness, too, with lines like "I hear that she's been a naughty girl" (but that on Hurricane Nora seen from space!) and on that Captain: "I won't take that kind of treatment from a man .. (beat) .. unless he wants me to..." Sheesh! (Even more Kirk like allusions?)
But then, too, for a nice change, the femme content on the whole for this 'peril in space' entry is notable for being nicely distributed around: For there's also aboard, the botany scientist Dolores Faith (played by, get this, Faith Montaine: clever) first introduced in typical female white lab coated way of bun pulled back hair and heavy horn rimmed black specs, amused (excited!) me, as when she finally removes them to reveal the attractive dark eyed beauty that those specs are originally supposed to hide in favour of her credible boffin status. (Note, continuity fans, she initially needs them for close up examination through the microscope: later though, discarded as presumably no longer necessary as monstrously (fungus) afeared threatened; plus also now has hair free flowing down, too: so obviously so afeared, no longer taking her job seriously, tut tut!) And for her position, note how latterly she is manfully rescued from the dreaded fungus by hunk crewmember (Major) Gordon (Will Leslie) with his impromptu version of, ah, 'over' whelming it! (See the poster, :-))
Oh, then later, being her love interest, so when she sinks into a defeatist (infected?) fug, note how he again 'manfully' gets her out of it: (full face man slap: afterwards she's perfectly ok, back in complete thrall love / lust with him: well of course: opposites attract isn't it? The boffin and the caveman hunk.)
Plus several lovelies are placed about the Earth command centre, too: (one a long legged, demurely crossed, instep quite acutely arched for attention - (mine alone?! Oh dear) - who despite got no lines, raised my, er, eyebrow!)
All in all, quite turgid: yet, for any sci-fi horror fan, surely, if only, historically, essential to see.
Clearly mistitled, as the 'Mutiny' that does - barely - occur, is largely incidental, for is more like a 'Submarine in Space' (note those so low doors: med room surely regularly filled with banged head syndrome? Plus sonar tracking use); but an even better still 'come-on' title would have been 'The Creeping Fungus', which then leads into its surprisingly many 'Alien' spots: as, tick them off as they arrive, to include: invader from outside, infected crew member, quarantine, medical room isolation (with so brief, blink and you'll miss it great face infection make up effect) and even, steam (fire extinguisher?) use to dislodge the 'invader' (even the anguished scream of!)! Even two crew members tinkering with the ship's mechanics whilst female crew member look on .... (Recall? No cat though.)
Then, being that Roddenberry's 'Star Trek' turned up barely a few years later, I'd wager he'd seen this when you see statuesque Pamela Curran (as Lt Connie) in her hip / nether regions* hugging ski like pant/jumpsuit sashay about the control panel deck, raising her eyebrow quizzically á la Spock characteristically came to do: the doc even says "I'm only a Doctor ..." and to observe (know) "the captain is pretty stubborn", of whom (Richard Garland), also gets to exclaim "Stand by for evasive maneuvers!", so, all in keeping with a Kirk-like character, whilst even the crew lurch about the deck to indicate the 'ship' is under meteorite strike.
Of which, the ship, Grimaldi director (through Roger George, with Edwards Art Studio effects, credited) present a neat little space station prop put together seemingly out of an old upturned ash-tray, tea strainer top, both bolted together with a central (giant?) nut.
* Well, note her first introduction from camera focus pull out! Really! ('Ready for my focus now, Mr. Grimaldi ..: is THAT where you want to begin?') BTW: note; Lt Connie is also scripted to hint at a bit of a surreptitious masochistic minxiness, too, with lines like "I hear that she's been a naughty girl" (but that on Hurricane Nora seen from space!) and on that Captain: "I won't take that kind of treatment from a man .. (beat) .. unless he wants me to..." Sheesh! (Even more Kirk like allusions?)
But then, too, for a nice change, the femme content on the whole for this 'peril in space' entry is notable for being nicely distributed around: For there's also aboard, the botany scientist Dolores Faith (played by, get this, Faith Montaine: clever) first introduced in typical female white lab coated way of bun pulled back hair and heavy horn rimmed black specs, amused (excited!) me, as when she finally removes them to reveal the attractive dark eyed beauty that those specs are originally supposed to hide in favour of her credible boffin status. (Note, continuity fans, she initially needs them for close up examination through the microscope: later though, discarded as presumably no longer necessary as monstrously (fungus) afeared threatened; plus also now has hair free flowing down, too: so obviously so afeared, no longer taking her job seriously, tut tut!) And for her position, note how latterly she is manfully rescued from the dreaded fungus by hunk crewmember (Major) Gordon (Will Leslie) with his impromptu version of, ah, 'over' whelming it! (See the poster, :-))
Oh, then later, being her love interest, so when she sinks into a defeatist (infected?) fug, note how he again 'manfully' gets her out of it: (full face man slap: afterwards she's perfectly ok, back in complete thrall love / lust with him: well of course: opposites attract isn't it? The boffin and the caveman hunk.)
Plus several lovelies are placed about the Earth command centre, too: (one a long legged, demurely crossed, instep quite acutely arched for attention - (mine alone?! Oh dear) - who despite got no lines, raised my, er, eyebrow!)
All in all, quite turgid: yet, for any sci-fi horror fan, surely, if only, historically, essential to see.