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Sandro Continenza (writer)
Marcello Coscia (writer)
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27 September 1961 (USA) more
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Scientists discover that a group of meteors are hurtling on a collison course with Earth, and if they hit, the planet will be destroyed. | add synopsis
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(Credited 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 | |
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| Gérard Landry | |||
| Giacomo Rossi-Stuart | ... | Stuart | |
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Death from Outer Space (USA) (pre-release title)
Le danger vient de l'éspace (France)
The Day the Sky Exploded (International: English title)
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Edited into Out of this World Super Shock Show (2007) (V) more
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The film begins with a nuclear powered rocket flight to the moon. Something goes wrong and the pilot is able to eject. However, the self-destruct mechanism is not activated and the ship blows up in the sun. As a result, it causes so much havoc that a group of killer meteors are bumped towards Earth and the planet is doomed. While the whole idea of a nuclear explosion damaging the sun or having any effect on it is silly, the idea of rogue meteors is pretty cool--and has been the subject of several more recent films.
Unfortunately, while there is something to some of the plot, this Italian film also has a lot against it. First, instead of subtitles, it was dubbed into English. Some of the voices are just terrible (such as the reporter and the whiny sounding kid) and I always prefer subtitles. Additionally, since this film is brought to us by Alpha Video, you can safely assume the print will be terrible--which it definitely is. While some of Alpha's films are great because they aren't available elsewhere, too often they are grainy and never have captions. They are strictly a grade-z producer of DVDs--and this is no exception.
In addition, even if the film was subbed and a pristine copy, it would still only perhaps merit a 5. Overall, a forgettable film.