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La morte viene dallo spazio (1958)

Country of Origin: France / Italy
Year of Production: 1958
Running Times: 82 mins
Length: 2194 metres
Format: black and white
Ratio:
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Compagnie Cinématographique de France / Lux Film S.p.a. / Royal Film SA
Executive Producer: Samuel Z. Arkoff
Producer: Guido Giambartolomei
Production Manager: Armando Morane

SCRIPT
Script: Sandro Continenza, Marcello Coscia
Story: Virgilio Sabel

DIRECTION
Director: Paolo Heusch

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Mario Bava

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Otello Colangeli

MUSIC
Music: Carlo Rustichelli
Musical Director: Pierluigi Urbani

SOUND
Sound Recordist: Alain Roux
Dubbing Director: William DeLane Lea
Sound Effects: Oscar Arcangel, Venanzio Biraschi

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Angelo Malantrucco
Hair: Ada Palombi

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Beni Montresor

CAST
Paul Hubschmid (John McLaren)
Fiorella Mari (Mary McLaren)
Madeleine Fischer (Katy Dandridge)
Ivo Garrani (Professor Herbert Weisse)
Dario Michaelis (Peter Leduq)
Peter Meersman (General van Dorff)
Jean-Jacques Delbo (Sergei Boetnikov)
Massimo Zeppieri (Dennis McLaren)
Sam Galter (Randowsky)
Annie Bernal (lab assistant)
Gérard Landry
Giacomo Rossi-Stuart

AVAILABILITY

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Excelsior Pictures Corp (1962)
Video Distributors: Nostalgia Video; Something Weird Video; Timeless Video Inc

TIMELINE

1958
August

27: Italy - passed by the ratings board

September
4: Italy - theatrical release

1959
July

15: France - theatrical release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Le danger vient de l'espace - French title
The Day the Sky Exploded - US title
Death Comes from Space - US title
Death from Outer Space
Der Tod kommt aus dem Weltraum
- West German title

KEYWORDS

atomic bombs, meteor


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