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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| Dick Miller | ... | Dave Boyer | |
| Susan Cabot | ... | Sybil Carrington | |
| Richard Devon | ... | Dr. Pol Van Ponder | |
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Eric Sinclair | ... | Dr. Howard Lazar |
| Michael Fox | ... | Jason ibn Akad | |
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Jered Barclay | ... | John Compo (as Jerry Barclay) |
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Roy Gordon | ... | The President |
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Beach Dickerson | ... | Crewman with Gun |
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Jim Knight | ... | (as James Knight) |
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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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18 May 1958 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Guerra de los satélites See more »Edit
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$70,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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The license plate for Dr. van Ponder's car was 9Z-9324 NY. See more »Goofs
Most of the action seems to take place in New York, the home of the United Nations (and also based in views of the car license plates). But whenever a newspaper is flashed on the screen, it is always based in either Los Angeles or San Francisco. Further, all satellite launches in the 1950s were from Cape Canaveral in Florida. See more »Quotes
Dr. Pol Van Ponder: We're up against a race of beings whose intelligence is as ours to ants and bacteria.See more »
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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!