Don Knotts is Roy Fleming, a small town kiddie-ride operator who is deathly afraid of heights. After learning that his father has signed him up for the space program, Roy reluctantly heads ...
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Title: The Reluctant Astronaut (1967)
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Don Knotts | ... | Roy Fleming | |
| Leslie Nielsen | ... | Major Fred Gifford | |
| Joan Freeman | ... | Ellie Jackson | |
| Jesse White | ... | Donelli | |
| Jeanette Nolan | ... | Mrs. Fleming | |
| Frank McGrath | ... | Plank | |
| Arthur O'Connell | ... | Buck Fleming | |
| Joan Shawlee | ... | Blonde in Bar | |
| Guy Raymond | ... | Bert | |
| Nydia Westman | ... | Aunt Zana | |
| Paul Hartman | ... | Rush | |
| Robert F. Simon | ... | Cervantes (as Robert Simon) | |
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Robert Pickering | ... | Moran |
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Don Knotts is Roy Fleming, a small town kiddie-ride operator who is deathly afraid of heights. After learning that his father has signed him up for the space program, Roy reluctantly heads for Houston, only to find out upon arriving that his job is a janitor, not an astronaut. Anxious to live up to the expectations of his domineering father, Roy manages to keep up a facade of being an astronaut to his family and friends. When NASA decides to launch a lay person into space to prove the worthiness of a new automated spacecraft, Roy gets the chance to confront his fears. Written by Teresa E Tutt <tuttt@rpi.edu>
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EnglishRelease Date:
15 April 1968 (Denmark) See more »Also Known As:
Botcsinálta űrhajós See more »Filming Locations:
Courthouse Square, Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)Color:
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Buck Fleming: This here, is what your moon looks like.
Rush: Oh...
Plank: [steps up onto mock up] Take a picture of me standin' on the moon!
Rush: Aw, that ain't really the moon!
Plank: We don't have to tell anybody.
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(uncredited)
Music by Joseph Gershenson
Lyrics by James Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum
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Don Knott's astronaut suit displays an American flag with 48 stars, not the correct 50 stars. See more »Quotes
Rush: [reading sign next to mock up] "Representation of Lunar Surface"Buck Fleming: This here, is what your moon looks like.
Rush: Oh...
Plank: [steps up onto mock up] Take a picture of me standin' on the moon!
Rush: Aw, that ain't really the moon!
Plank: We don't have to tell anybody.
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Soundtracks
Space Song(uncredited)
Music by Joseph Gershenson
Lyrics by James Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum
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Don Knotts stars as amusement park ride operator Roy Fleming, who is afraid of heights, but whose father Buck(played by Arthur O'Connell) sends in a job application on his behalf to NASA, and is surprised to find that Roy has been hired! Upon arrival in Houston, Roy is dismayed to learn that he is a janitor, not an astronaut, and his supervisor(played by Jessie White) isn't sympathetic at all, though a friendly Major(played by Leslie Nielsen) does offer friendship, despite Roy's outrageous efforts to convince his family he is really an astronaut... Silly and thin comedy is quite innocuous as family friendly entertainment, but too unbelievable and predictable to succeed.