Space Men (1960)

User Rating:

3.0/10   

Director:

Antonio Margheriti

Writers:

Ennio De Concini (writer)
Jack Wallace (writer)

Release Date:

13 December 1961 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Fear awaits ...... in the murky mists of outer space!

Plot:

In the 21st century Ray Peterson, reporter for the Interplanetary News, is assigned to write a story aboard a space station...

Plot Keywords:

Spaceship | Space | Space Station | Reporter | Rocket

Cast

Rik Van Nutter	...	Ray Peterson (IZ41) (as Rik Von Nutter)
Gabriella Farinon	...	Lucy (Y13) (as Gaby Farinon)
David Montresor	...	George the Commander
Archie Savage	...	Al (X15)
Alain Dijon	...	Archie (Y16)
Franco Fantasia	...	Sullivan (as Frank Fantasia)
Joe Pollini	...	King 116
David Maran	...	Davis
José Néstor	...	Venus Commander (as Jose Nestor)
Anita Todesco	...	Venus Control

Also Known As:

Assignment Outer Space

Runtime:

73 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Black and White | Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Unrated

Company:

Titanus

Trivia:

Released to theaters in the USA on a triple bill with the East German film Der schweigende Stern (1960) and the Japanese film Chikyû Bôeigun (1957).

Movie Connections:

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

any movie starring Rick Von Nutter-must have something going for it..

I caught this one on the late-night movie screening...who knew that i would walk away from it not knowing wether i had actually enjoyed it?...but in the end i decided that i had enjoyed it.

the story line is not bad....the staging & effects were low budget. But the things i enjoyed most though were the "disintegration" scenes, the "space craft landing/take-off" scenes, the "jumping out of the spacecraft" scenes & who could not forget the final heroic scene before they all go hurtling into Earths' atmosphere???

i would have rated it more than 4.6... probably around the 6-7 mark for this one :)