Space Men (1960)

Country of Origin: Italy
Year of Production: 1960
Running Times: 73 mins
Format: Eastmancolor
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PRODUCTION
Production Company: Ultra Film / Titanus
Executive Producer: Samuel Z. Arkoff
English Language Version Producer: Hugo Grimaldi

SCRIPT
Script: Vassily Petrov (real name: Ennio De Concini)

DIRECTION
Director: Anthony M. Dawson (real name: Antonio Margheriti)

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Marcello Masciocchi
Labs: Technicolor

MUSIC
Music: J.K. Broady
English Language Version Music: Gordon Zahler

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Caesar Peace

CAST
Rik Van Nutter (Ray Peterson)
Gabriella Farinon (Lucy (Y13))
Archie Savage (Al)
David Montresor (Gino / George)
Alain Dijon (The Commander)
Aldo Pini
Franco Fantasia
David Maran
José Néstor
Joe Pollini
Anita Todesco

21st century journalist Ray Peterson is assigned to cover events aboard a space station where he rubs the Commander up the wrong way. Meanwhile, runaway spaceship Alpha Two is returning to Earth with damaged photon generators that are emitting enough heat to destroy the Earth. Peterson has to try to find a way to board the ship and switch off the generators before the ship reaches Earth.

USA
Theatrical Distributor: American International Pictures
Video Distributor: Sinister Cinema; Something Weird Video

1961
December
13: USA - theatrical release

1000 headlines into the future!

Assignment Outer Space

the future; space travel; spaceships; journalists; space stations