A strange missile from outer space circles the Earth at low altitudes, destroying everything in its path.A strange missile from outer space circles the Earth at low altitudes, destroying everything in its path.A strange missile from outer space circles the Earth at low altitudes, destroying everything in its path.
Phillip Pine
- Dr. Joe Freed
- (as Philip Pine)
Fred Engelberg
- TV Singer
- (as Fred Engleberg)
Shirley J. Shawn
- Black Woman by Piano
- (as Shirley Shawn)
Cecil Elliott
- Harold's Wife
- (as Cecil Elliot)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaOriginal director William Berke died of a sudden heart attack on the first day of shooting. His son, Lester Wm. Berke, took over.
- GoofsWith less than four minutes before Jove launches, the lead character secures the plutonium, drives the long distance to the missile base, gets to the launch pad, goes up to the Jove warhead on a slow-moving lift, places the plutonium inside, arms all the warhead mechanisms and gets back to ground and away from the Jove rocket, all in less than four minutes.
- Quotes
Dr. David Loring: There must be at least two million children in New York. I wonder how many will get out alive.
- Crazy creditsOpening credits shown over a missile flying through a group of stars.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Weirdo with Wadman: The Lost Missile (1964)
Featured review
There's this missile you see...and it's lost...umm...
The Lost Missile is an interesting little film. It is fast-paced, as all the action occurs in a simaculum of real time (at least as real as an hour and a half could feel back in the fifties). It tries for a documentary-feel...but since there is a story going on with characters, it doesn't quite make it.
For all this rapid development, the movie is somewhat dull when viewed nowadays, falling prey to "stock footage syndrome". There is innumerable shots of bombers and fighters taking off...I think more time is devoted to that than dialogue.
The plot is simple...an unknown missle enters the Earth's atmosphere and glides into an orbit 5 miles above the planet, which would normally be fine, but the missile has a field of million degree heat emanating from it, carving a five-mile wide swath of destruction on the ground below whereever it goes. It destroys part of Canada (including Ottawa) and nearly gets New York City except for the heroic sacrifice of Robert Loggia.
With the rapid developments, no effort is made to determine the source of the missile (and probably this would not be able to be done anyway), and this movie seems to be a showcase for the effectiveness of the US early warning system for missle attacks if nothing else (though any defense effort is pretty much pointless against this menace).
Loggia is stoic in his role, displaying feats of emotion that defy his character depth. Still, it's interesting to see him act as a young man, having seen him so often in more mature roles.
The special effects are actually pretty good. The missile, though interestingly designed, does appear like something off an episode of Space Patrol. The blending of the missile's fiery effects with the stock footage and city footage is accomplished fairly believably.
For all this rapid development, the movie is somewhat dull when viewed nowadays, falling prey to "stock footage syndrome". There is innumerable shots of bombers and fighters taking off...I think more time is devoted to that than dialogue.
The plot is simple...an unknown missle enters the Earth's atmosphere and glides into an orbit 5 miles above the planet, which would normally be fine, but the missile has a field of million degree heat emanating from it, carving a five-mile wide swath of destruction on the ground below whereever it goes. It destroys part of Canada (including Ottawa) and nearly gets New York City except for the heroic sacrifice of Robert Loggia.
With the rapid developments, no effort is made to determine the source of the missile (and probably this would not be able to be done anyway), and this movie seems to be a showcase for the effectiveness of the US early warning system for missle attacks if nothing else (though any defense effort is pretty much pointless against this menace).
Loggia is stoic in his role, displaying feats of emotion that defy his character depth. Still, it's interesting to see him act as a young man, having seen him so often in more mature roles.
The special effects are actually pretty good. The missile, though interestingly designed, does appear like something off an episode of Space Patrol. The blending of the missile's fiery effects with the stock footage and city footage is accomplished fairly believably.
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- Vigilante-407
- Mar 8, 1999
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- Also known as
- Das rote Telefon... Alarm!
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- Runtime1 hour 10 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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