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Director:
Robert Day
Writers:
John Croydon (screenplay) and
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Release Date:
27 February 1959 (USA) See more »
Genre:
Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi See more »
Tagline:
First motion picture to lift the veil, forsee the future in a spectacular drama of the first man in history to be rocketed into the terrifying unknown of outer space! See more »
Plot:
The first pilot to leave Earth's atmosphere lands, then vanishes; but something with a craving for blood prowls the countryside... Full summary » | Full synopsis »
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Cast

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Marshall Thompson ... Cmdr. Charles Ernest Prescott
Marla Landi ... Tia Francesca
Bill Edwards ... Lt. Dan Milton Prescott
Robert Ayres ... Capt. Ben Richards
Bill Nagy ... Police Chief Wilson
Carl Jaffe ... Dr. Paul von Essen
Roger Delgado ... Mexican Consul - Ramon de Guerrera
John McLaren ... State Dept. Official, Harold Atkins
Spencer Teakle ... Ratings Control Room
Chuck Keyser ... Ratings Control Room
John Fabian ... Ratings Control Room
Richard Shaw ... Witney
Bill Nick ... Clancy (also as William R. Nick)
Helen Forrest ... Secretary (also as Helen Forest)
Roland Brand ... Truck Driver (as Rowland Brand)
Barry Shawzin ... Mexican Farmer - Sanchez
Mark Sheldon ... Doctor

Michael Bell ... State Trooper
Sheree Winton ... Nurse - at Blood Bank
Franklyn Fox ... Chief Petty Officer - Larson
Larry Taylor ... Shore Patrolman - Taylor (as Laurence Taylor)
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Directed by
Robert Day 
 
Writing credits
John Croydon (screenplay) (as John C. Cooper) and
Charles F. Vetter (screenplay) (as Lance Z. Hargreaves)

Wyott Ordung (story)

Produced by
John Croydon .... producer
Charles F. Vetter .... producer (as Charles Vetter Jr.)
Richard Gordon .... executive producer (uncredited)
 
Original Music by
Buxton Orr 
 
Cinematography by
Geoffrey Faithfull (director of photography)
 
Film Editing by
Peter Mayhew 
 
Art Direction by
Denys Pavitt (uncredited)
 
Costume Design by
Anna Selby-Walker (uncredited)
 
Makeup Department
Eileen Warwick .... hair stylist
Michael Morris .... makeup artist (uncredited)
 
Production Management
George Mills .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Stanley Goulder .... assistant director
Claude Watson .... second assistant director
 
Art Department
Harry Arbour .... carpenter
Peter McGoldrick .... construction manager
 
Sound Department
Terence Cotter .... sound recordist
Claude Hitchcock .... boom operator
Peter Musgrave .... sound editor
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Frank Drake .... camera operator
Peter MacDonald .... clapper loader
Les Paul .... focus puller
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Charles Guerin .... wardrobe
Anna Selby-Walker .... dresses supervisor: Miss Landi
 
Editorial Department
George Saxby .... assistant editor
 
Music Department
Buxton Orr .... conductor
 
Other crew
John George .... location manager
Kay Rawlings .... continuity
Arthur Tarry .... production accountant
 
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Runtime:
77 min | West Germany:78 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
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Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording)
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | West Germany:16 | UK:PG | UK:X (original rating) | USA:Approved (Certificate #18232) | Netherlands:18 (original rating) (1959)
Filming Locations:
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USASee more »
Company:
Amalgamated ProductionsSee more »

Did You Know?

Trivia:
John Croydon wrote The Haunted Strangler (1958) and this film back-to-back.See more »
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: The truck driver killed and thrown out of his truck by Lt. Prescott (now a blood-sucking monster) can clearly be seen breathing deeply while lying on the ground.See more »
Quotes:
Doctor Paul von Essen:The conquest of new worlds always makes demands of human life. And there will always be men who will accept the risk.See more »
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Whose Line Is It Anyway?: Episode #3.7" (1991)See more »
Soundtrack:
Blue FeverSee more »

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'First Man Into Space' (1959), 28 April 2013
Author: Tracy Winters from northern Vermont

Everything an aerospace fan could want should be found in this late 50's black-n-white movie about an experimentally manned rocket prototype called Y-13. Unfortunately, something gets lost in the translation.

A navy commander's idiot brother can't follow orders well enough to pilot a spacecraft without flying into a mass of unknown cosmic material which eventually turns him into a grotesque monster. Marshall Thompson tries to breathe life into a dull script that includes a very boring love story featuring Marla Landi as a naval base barfly named 'Francesca'.

Not so great sci-fi/horror offering, and though the monster is appropriately yucky-looking, the rest of this film from Amalgamated Productions is as generic as it sounds.

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