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Director:
Richard Carlson
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Writers:
Curt Siodmak (writer)
Ivan Tors (story)
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Release Date:
14 January 1954 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Sci-Fi more
Tagline:
SEE! the breathtaking sight of earth as seen from outer space! more
Plot:
In an attempt to discover the composition of meteors, three astronauts are sent out into space in three specially designed rockets... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
A tribute to the era more (17 total)

Cast

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William Lundigan ... Dr. Richard Donald Stanton
Herbert Marshall ... Dr. Donald L. Stanton / Narrator
Richard Carlson ... Dr. Jerome 'Jerry' Lockwood
Martha Hyer ... Dr. Jane Flynn
Dawn Addams ... Susan Manners
Robert Karnes ... Walter J. Gordon
Lawrence Dobkin ... Dr. Delmar
George Eldredge ... Dr. Paul Drayden
Dan Riss ... Dr. Frank Warner
Michael Fox ... Dr. Klinger the Shrink
King Donovan ... James F. O'Herli, Security
Kem Dibbs ... David Wells

James Best ... Sidney K. Fuller (as James K. Best)
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Runtime:
81 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Supercinecolor) (as Color Corp. of America)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Finland:K-16
Company:
Ivan Tors Productions more

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Trivia:
Cinematographer Stanley Cortez was fired and replaced (by Joseph F. Biroc) after clashing with director Herbert L. Strock, but still retained screen credit. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: The scene in which the astronaut is expelled from his spaceship and instantly turns into a skeleton is scientifically incorrect. The vacuum of outer space would instantly kill not only a human being, but also the microorganisms within the human body that cause it to decay after death. Therefore, a victim of this type of accident would look exactly as he did in life and be preserved indefinitely. more

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A tribute to the era, 26 June 2002
Author: earl chenoweth from Ohio, USA

The movie was one of my favorites when I was gowing up. I was lucky enough to read the paperback book when it came out, & I was very excited when I heard there would be a movie. It is a classic in its way, showing the selection process for what is virtually an impossible task( Space travel depends on onbtaining a material found only in meteorites, so we must travel in space to get it so we can then travel in space...) There is the usual love-interest, but the most interesting character in the book/movie is played by Richard Carlson, as a logical detached scientist, who is lost in a kind of "Rapture of the Deep" in reaction to the reality of, and the sheer beauty of the stars. If you can find this movie --get it!!

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