The British launch the world's first orbital vehicle. Their military sends a super-bomb along, which goes wrong and threatens the crew and a stowaway.
Sextuplets star Marlon Wayans takes cues from Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor to transform into an entire fictional family.
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| Kieron Moore | ... | Commander Michael Hayden | |
| Lois Maxwell | ... | Kim Hamilton | |
| Donald Wolfit | ... | Professor Merrity | |
| Bryan Forbes | ... | Jimmy Wheeler | |
| Jimmy Hanley | ... | Larry Noble | |
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Barry Keegan | ... | Lefty Blake |
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Donald Gray | ... | Captain Ross |
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Thea Gregory | ... | Barbara Noble |
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Shirley Lawrence | ... | Ellen |
| Alan Gifford | ... | Colonel Galloway | |
| Walter Hudd | ... | Professor Blandford | |
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Peter Neil | ... | Tony |
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Ryck Rydon | ... | Reporter (as Rick Rydon) |
| Ronan O'Casey | ... | Reporter | |
| Robert O'Neil | ... | Reporter | |
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A crew of astronauts, including a scientist and a reporter, launch from England into outer space on a rocket which can serve as a satellite. Their mission is to test a new tritonium bomb, but after the bomb fails to repel itself from the ship, the crew has only a matter of hours to defuse or destroy the weapon before it explodes. Written by Marty McKee <mailto:mmckee@soltec.net>
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Tumbling in their own orbits around the sun! Five men and a girl - marooned in outer space! See more »Parents Guide:
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UKRelease Date:
21 July 1956 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Cmdr. Michael Haydon: Well, then we'll know... at least the designers will know... that the fuel or the design wasn't perfect.
Kim Hamilton: Some people find it impossible to be quite so impersonal, Commander. If I may be personal, I'm glad I'm not your wife.
Cmdr. Michael Haydon: And if I may be personal, so am I.
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Britain's first color science fiction film. See more »Goofs
At the briefing near the start of the film, both Commander Haydon and Professor Blandford use the word "schedule", pronouncing it the American way, with an "sk" sound. Since both men are British and the film is set in Britain, they should naturally have used the British "sh" pronunciation of the word. See more »Quotes
Kim Hamilton: Well, what if the STARDUST blows up, as she probably will?Cmdr. Michael Haydon: Well, then we'll know... at least the designers will know... that the fuel or the design wasn't perfect.
Kim Hamilton: Some people find it impossible to be quite so impersonal, Commander. If I may be personal, I'm glad I'm not your wife.
Cmdr. Michael Haydon: And if I may be personal, so am I.
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Other reviewers have given the plotline and it seems accurate, to the best of my recollection. However, regardless of how "talky" the film was, the dialog and visuals definitely made their impact, even on my fledgling brain. I have, more or less, remembered the story for 40 years. I'd like to write a script or make a film that someone else would find so memorable!
Maybe it was just that I was so young, but I remember loving this film and I would absolutely love to see it again. Maybe I'd be disappointed, maybe I'd smile at my young self, maybe I'd really like it. Who knows?