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First Man into Space

"The picture that leaps ahead of the headlines!"

49
Audience
NR 1959 · 1h 17m
Drama, Horror, Science Fiction
Starring Marshall Thompson · Marla Landi · Bill Edwards
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The first pilot to leave Earth's atmosphere lands, then vanishes; but something with a craving for blood prowls the countryside...

Theatrical
Feb 27, 1959
DVD / Blu-ray
Jun 17, 1998
Director
Robert Day
Writers
John Croydon, Charles F. Vetter, Wyott Ordung
Producers
John Croydon, Richard Gordon, Charles F. Vetter
Music
Buxton Orr
Studio
Amalgamated Productions
Keywords
monster mutant space travel rocket space b movie black and white astronaut test pilot
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Cast

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M
Marshall Thompson
Cmdr. Charles Ernest Prescott
M
Marla Landi
Tia Francesca
B
Bill Edwards
Lt. Dan Milton Prescott
R
Robert Ayres
Capt. Ben Richards
C
Carl Jaffe
Dr. Paul von Essen
B
Bill Nagy
Police Chief Wilson
R
Roger Delgado
Mexican Consul - Ramon de Guerrera
J
John McLaren
State Dept. Official, Harold Atkins
S
Spencer Teakle
Ratings Control Room
J
John Fabian
Ratings Control Room
R
Richard Shaw
Witney

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