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Il pianeta errante (1966)
Country of Origin: Italy
Year of Production: 1966
Running Times: 77 mins 80 mins
83 mins (Germany - theatrical)
Length: 2260 metres (Italy - theatrical)
Format: colour 35mm
Ratio:
Sound: mono
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: Mercury Film International
Producers: Joseph Fryd, Anthony Margheriti (real name: Antonio Margheriti)
Associate Producers: Walter Manley, Ivan Reiner
Director of Production: John Masin
SCRIPT
Script: Ivan Reiner
DIRECTION
Director: Anthony M. Dawson (real name: Antonio Margheriti)
Assistant Director: Ruggero Deodato
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Richard Pallton (real name: Riccardo Pallottini)
EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Chief Editor: Angel Coly
Editor: Robert Stafford
MUSIC
Music: A.F. Lavagnino
CAST
Jack Stuart (real name: Giacomo Rossi Stuart) (Commander Rod Jackson)
Ombretta Colli (Lieutenant Terry Sanchez)
Halina Zalewska
Freddy Unger (real name: Goffredo Unger)
Peter Martell
Enzo Fiermonte
Pietro Martellanza (uncredited)
John Bartha (real name: Janos Bartha) (Captain Emil Dubrowsky - uncredited)
Marco Bogliani (uncredited)
Vera Dolen (uncredited)
SUMMARY
Cataclysmic weather conditions on Earth are blamed
on the proximity of an asteroid, a "wild planet" whose gravitational
field is wreaking havoc. A team of astronauts are sent to the asteroid
to try to save the Earth from total destruction.
AVAILABILITY
UK
Video Distributor: Wellington Video
USA
Theatrical Distributor: Fanfare Films Inc
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
USA
Rating: G
TIMELINE
1966
July
21: Italy - rated by the censor's board
29: Italy - theatrical release
1967
April
14: West Germany - theatrical release
1974
July
25: UK - registration screening at the Rank Video Theatre, London
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Mission Wandering Planet
Il missione pianeta errante
Orion 3000 - Raumfahrt des Grauens - German title
Planet on the Prowl
War Between the Planets
REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
Cinema TV Today n10094 (3 August 1974)
p.12 (UK)
credits, review (by Marjorie Bilbow)
Hollywood Reporter v214 n44 (5 February
1971) p.8 (USA)
credits, review (by Rochelle Reed)
Monthly Film Bulletin v41 n488 (September
1974) p.205 (UK)
credits, synopsis, review (by Geoff Brown)
Variety 10 February 1971 p.17 (USA)
credits, review (by Rick)
KEYWORDS
spaceships, space travel, the future, asteroids
Last Updated:
1 January, 2009
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