Earthmen on a fabulous, peril-journey into outer space!
Starship C57D travels to planet Altair 4 in search of the crew of spaceship "Bellerophon," a scientific expedition that has been missing for twenty years. They find themselves unwelcome by the expedition's lone survivor and warned of destruction by an invisible force if they don't turn back immediately.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and meticulous.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- rawmeticulous
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- Walter PidgeonDr. Edward Morbius
- Anne FrancisAltaira Morbius
- Leslie NielsenCommander John J. Adams
- Warren StevensLt. 'Doc' Ostrow
- Jack KellyLt. Jerry Farman
- Earl HollimanCookie
- Richard AndersonChief Engineer Quinn
- George D. WallaceBosun
- Robert DixCrewman Grey
- Jimmy ThompsonCrewman Youngerford
Crew
- Fred M. WilcoxDirector
- Cyril HumeScreenplay
- George J. FolseyDirector of Photography
- Bebe BarronOriginal Music Composer
- Louis BarronOriginal Music Composer
- Ferris WebsterEditor
- Nicholas NayfackProducer
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