La morte viene dallo spazio (1958)

Director:

Paolo Heusch

Writers:

Sandro Continenza (writer)
Marcello Coscia (writer)

Release Date:

27 September 1961 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi

Plot:

Scientists discover that a group of meteors are hurtling on a collison course with Earth, and if they hit, the planet will be destroyed. |

Plot Keywords:

Meteor | Atomic Bomb | Collision | Meteor Threatens Earth | Disasters

Cast

Paul Hubschmid	...	John McLaren
Fiorella Mari	...	Mary McLaren
Madeleine Fischer	...	Katy Dandridge
Ivo Garrani	...	Prof. Herbert Weisse
Dario Michaelis	...	Peter Leduq
Peter Meersman	...	Gen. van Dorff
Jean-Jacques Delbo	...	Sergei Boetnikov
Massimo Zeppieri	...	Dennis McLaren
Sam Galter	...	Randowsky
Annie Bernal	...	Lab Assistant
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gérard Landry
Giacomo Rossi-Stuart	...	Stuart

Also Known As:

Death from Outer Space (USA) (pre-release title)
Le danger vient de l'éspace (France)
The Day the Sky Exploded (International: English title)

Runtime:

82 min

Country:

Italy | France

Language:

Italian

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Compagnie Cinématographique de France

Movie Connections:

Edited into Out of this World Super Shock Show (2007) (V)

Day the Sky Exploded

Day the Sky Exploded, The (1957)

* 1/2 (out of 4)

Poor science fiction film about the first spaceship being sent to outer space where it accidentally sets off a missile, which sends debris back to Earth. This is yet another science fiction film that bites off more than it can chew. A lot of the films from this era worked on low budgets because they worked with what they had and didn't try doing to much. Then, there's this film, which tries to be a lot bigger than the budget will allow and this makes the film come off looking very cheap. It also leads to a lot of boring dialogue through the bad dubbing. The dubbing here is perhaps the worst I've ever heard but I doubt the film would play any better in its original language. Mario Bava did the cinematography.