Project X (1968)

A spy is brought back from cryogenic suspension after being almost killed in a plane crash returning from a mission to learn about a deadly new weapon being developed in the East. But the ... See full summary »

Director:

William Castle

Writers:

Leslie P. Davies (novels), Edmund Morris

Stars:

Christopher George, Greta Baldwin, Henry Jones

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Christopher George	...	Hagan Arnold
Greta Baldwin	...	Karen Summers
Henry Jones	...	Dr. Crowther
Monte Markham	...	Gregory Gallea
Harold Gould	...	Col. Holt
Phillip Pine	...	Dr. Lee Craig (as Phillip E. Pine)
Lee Delano	...	Dr. Tony Verity
Ivan Bonar	...	Col. Cowen
Robert Cleaves	...	Dr. George Tarvin
Charles Irving	...	Maj. Tolley
Sheila Bartold	...	Sybil Dennis
Patrick Wright	...	Stover
Maryesther Denver	...	Overseer
Keye Luke	...	Sen Chiu (as Key Luke)
Ed Prentiss	...	Hicks

Storyline

A spy is brought back from cryogenic suspension after being almost killed in a plane crash returning from a mission to learn about a deadly new weapon being developed in the East. But the vital memories are being suppressed, so the authorities use ultra-advanced technologies to try to uncover the secret.

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Plot Keywords:

spy | memory erasure | mind alteration | east west | amnesia | 

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Taglines:

It Happened In This Universe A Long Time Ahead, The Year 2118...

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Genres:

Mystery | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

May 1968 (USA)

Also Known As:

Anno 2118: progetto X

Filming Locations:

Placerita Canyon, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

William Castle Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007)

User Reviews

Great Movie, Very Mysterious, Interesting Ideas.

I actually have a videotape of "Project X" and that makes me one of the few people that has actually seen this movie in the last thirty years. The movie deals mostly with biological warfare, human genetic manipulation, and mind machine interfacing. It was prophetic in a way that it predicted that Genetic Engineering was a coming thing. Despite it's rather low budget look, Henry Jones as the head scientist gives this movie an aire of reality. The mystery is the meaning of the last message the amnesiac agent sent to the West, a doomsday message, and we are kept guessing to the end what that doomsday message means. A memorable moment is when Karen Summers meets our amnesiac agent and the friendly way she acts and picks him up is something I've often imagined might happen to me someday. No wonder the bad guy kept breaking into her room, he was the only other guy to see it. Another scene that is memorable is when the released anger thing, whatever it was, does whatever it did to the meanie bad guy. That's something I have never forgotten.

Well if you haven't seen this movie, you missed a classic and good luck trying to find it.