War of the Satellites (1958)

An "unknown force" declares war against planet Earth when the United Nations disobeys warnings to cease and desist in its attempts at assembling the first satellite in the atmosphere.

Director:

Roger Corman

Writers:

Irving Block (story), Lawrence L. Goldman,

Stars:

Dick Miller, Susan Cabot, Richard Devon

Cast

Cast overview:
Dick Miller	...	Dave Boyer
Susan Cabot	...	Sybil Carrington
Richard Devon	...	Dr. Pol Van Ponder
Eric Sinclair	...	Dr. Howard Lazar
Michael Fox	...	Jason ibn Akad
Robert Shayne	...	Cole Hotchkiss
Jered Barclay	...	John Compo (as Jerry Barclay)
John Brinkley	...	Crew Member
Tony Miller
Bruno VeSota	...	Mr. LeMoine
Jay Sayer	...	Jay
Mitzi McCall	...	Mitzi
Roy Gordon	...	The President
Beach Dickerson	...	Crewman with Gun
James Knight

Storyline

An "unknown force" declares war against planet Earth when the United Nations disobeys warnings to cease and desist in its attempts at assembling the first satellite in the atmosphere.

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Plot Keywords:

united nations | satellite | slide rule | archival footage | natural disaster | 

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Genres:

Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 May 1958 (USA)

Also Known As:

Guerra dei satelliti

Box Office

Budget:

$70,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Allied Artists Pictures, Santa Cruz Productions Inc.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

66 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

From the time this movie was conceived, it was reportedly only eight weeks later that the completed movie was playing in theatres.

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Goofs

When Susan Cabot enters the "solar energy room," she opens the door from her right-hand side. When Richard Devon follows her in, he opens the door from his left-hand side.

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Connections

Featured in 100 Years of Horror: Aliens (1996)

User Reviews

A great "bad" film!

I believe that I read somewhere that Roger Corman made this film in 4 days. I first saw it on a late Friday night weekly bad movie show from Channel 8 in Cleveland, Ohio, hosted by Ernie Andersen under the moniker "Ghoulardi". You can look him up on IMDb. He had great fun at the expense of this film which he selected as the all-time worst sci-fi film ever shown on his show. He would insert himself into the film and "interact" with the characters and turn the film into an hilarious romp. After commercial breaks, all sorts of hilarious hijinks would ensue that made it worthwhile to stay up late. I found this film on Ebay on DVD and have enjoyed it immensely. Find a copy and view it - you won't be sorry!