Wow. Been watching this old black and white sci-fi, which I love this genre, for over two minutes and no-one has lit a cigarette or had a cup of coffee. Amazing.
Ah that's what happened and why the sixties happened the way it did. Some Beat Hair Dresser miss read or intentional rebranded some 'Hair Conditioner' calling it 'Ten Degrees Below Zero'. By 1964 the product swept the country and the mini skirt was born. There was no turning back.
This is the first SF movie ever produced in Italy. If the voice of McClaren sounds familiar it is because it was provided by Shane Rimmer (the voice of Scott Tracy in The Thunderbirds)
I don’t know why it is. I was born in 58 and to this day my favorite is sci-fi bee movies. I love how serious people were in these movies. It just made me laugh. My oldest sister and I would watch it late and laugh.
You have to give the people who make films like this huge credit for their creativity, with no baseline to work from they produced some amazing effects and insights into the future, not exactly rocket science but something like rocket science. Personally I would rather watch b&w movies from this era and genre than their modern equivalents, the makers of modern movies have so much technology and historical precedent to work from it would be easy for them to not use their imaginations.
Speculative? The Germans had most of this figured out by the mid 40's. And Sputnik was launched the year previous to this movie. There's nothing speculative here.
I, did something similar when I went to see Star Wars, back in 1977. My brain was connected to every laser bolt during the chase in the canyon. What a rush ! 😊
The electronic music/sound effects are satisfyingly mysterious. For the time, 1958, this film is well written and acted. It differs from the endless action films of today that often lack a substantial plot.
These days it's kids comic books brought to the big screen, superheroes where everyone is living in a fantasy world. The kind of inane brain dead nonsense we stopped reading or watching when we were about 10 years old. Now they make this stuff for adults overgrown ones at that
I take it this was hyperbole or sarcasm. I went to search it out and could not find any reference to such also, the films competing in both 1958 and 1959 were the likes of Ben Hur and 12 Angry Men, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Defiant ones, etc. Sarcasm is fine but, make it stand out as such, the world is already filled with too much dis & misinformation as it were.
@@gheloveg719 Also, nobody actually cares about those shitty awards. They almost always go to propaganda films, like 12 angry men. Those other movies I'm not familiar with, so I dunno what they were pushing. I think Ben Hur was just some roman empire movie.
imagine a “pilot” who’s going into space walking around in a suit and hour before takeoff. no preparation at all 🤣. but, i love these these old scifi films :)🚀🪐⚛️
In 1958 a ticket cost 6d (a tanner) in London. That was about 12¢ - and we got a 'lucky dip' packet of sweets for 1d (2¢), from a little shop across the road.
The movie is a cool combination of the atom bomb and the V2 rocket. in the immediate aftermath of WW2 these were cutting edge and close to magic in most peoples minds
Lot’s of paper data in every scene, most of the movie takes place in the control room, Russians drinking Vodka on the job, neglected housewife, a diehard playboy, never ending annoying sound effects… what’s there not to like? 😅
This is a classic old Hollywood B movie. 🤗👍😎 We would see these types of movies at the Strand Theater double feature matinee for 25 cents when I was a kid.
"This is the end! It's your own fault and you deserve it!" in an angry Scottish accent - One of this film's few high points. For the time, for the genre, and as a kind of cultural time-capsule it has some value and is not the worst Italian sci-fi film, right? Those cinema buffs in the know, edify me.
I think it was 1961, and in the newspaper clippings in the beginning JFK is in a header of a story. The Roman numerals read 1961 as well, I think. Perhaps it was filmed in 1958, worked on and released in 1961, the credits would have been last to be finalized.
Not a bad little European entry in the "menace from space" race, complete with scientist cracking up and seeking to thwart the heroes' efforts, later a genre standard - and an early use of nukes to counter advancing celestial objects. So it's not about to win any top awards, but it's amiable enough fun.
The 'Moon landings' have been hugely discredited, and there is a body of evidence out there that the whole thing was faked. There are at least two documentaries on that.
Little clunker from Italy. This plot of film is the source for Meteor (1979). Paul Hubschmid used the pseudonym Paul Christian for the film The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms.
Cool Rockets and Missiles! Sputnik, too, tho it went by before Another, conical representation was mislabeled as such--US ofc😂! Loved the "aha!" moment, the Dying Words-- and all the rockets and missiles, as I've mentioned! 🚀 A good Italian Space movie, thanks!
This was much less terrible than I expected. The international news reporting has not outgrown its age. And what about Madeleine Fischer? What a beautiful lady.
The Day the Sky Exploded was released in Italy on September 4, 1958.[5][11][1] It grossed less than 150 million Italian lire domestically.[11] It was released in France as Le Danger vient de l'Espace the following year by Lux Cinematographique on July 15, 1959.[5] It premiered in the United States on September 27, 1961 in Los Angeles.[1][11] The film was distributed by Excelsior Pictures in the United States, a small distributor that did not have any financial success with their few previous releases.[11] The Day the Sky Exploded was released on VHS and Betamax in the United States by Sinister Cinema and on DVD by Alpha Video.[12]
I love the creative genius that placed sputnik in the script along with the joke all trekkies will get when the Russian brags on sputnik beta. Sputnik one went up 1957/10/04 and in 1958 sci-fi has many satellites. Today is 16 July 2024 and America is in peril. At least Butler PA did not become another Dealey Plaza DFW TEXAS as in 1963.
I wonder why filmmakers back then thought it would interest audiences to watch a bunch of people sitting in front of big machines yelling out random numbers and such into microphones for such long chunks of film. Without the padding, this movie would have been maybe 10 minutes long. Still better than most of what's being made now.
Wow, some real sketchy science in this. I'm used to all the hokey stuff (Animals sensing things, white balls of light in the sky, a rocket causing the whole event) but the thing that baffled me was why they invented the Tunguska crater? The Tunguska event famously has no crater.
imagine a “pilot” who’s going into space walking around in a suit and hour before takeoff. no preparation at all 🤣. but, i love these these old scifi films :)🚀🪐🛰️⚛️ omg - John and Mary 🙄😁
Ha ha ha ! This is one of the funkiest sci fi movies I have ever seen, only about a third of the way through and it has me remembering watching TV as a child, and being glued to the tube, 😮 ha ha ! Raw funky. I'm waiting for super man to fly in and Save ! The Day! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 😂😂😂 Here he comes !
The sound effects for the radar were a little annoying, at times, but all in all, this was one of the better1950s science fiction B movies. It had some pretty good character developments, drama, and kept my attention well. I didn't catch myself looking for, or really finding, any unrealistic, stupid actions to make the plot move along. There was the one Russian who went crazy with the gun, just for some final suspense, at the end, but I wasn't too aggravated at it. I don't know why they always had to kill off at least one of the higher secondary characters, in these old movies, but they did.
Professor John MacLaren is played by Paul Hubschmid. He used the name Paul Christian when he starred in The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms. One hell of a drop in his career from that film to this one.
At 38:00, all the boomers can remember driving in the front seat without seat belts, except for your mother's arm coming across you to keep you "safe." Hahahaha
Go to a car show and look at the old cars on display and note seat belts or no seat belts. Then of course much later came lap belts. Still waiting for the government to require modern lap belts on planes and trains. (for your safety you know)
It appears that this film was shot in Italy (It was made in Italian and released in Italy before being dubbed for release in the U. K. and the U. S. The plot for this film is saving the earth from ...). I suspect that this would be a spaghetti Sci-Fi??
No actual science was harmed in the making of this movie.
Oh, yes, it WAS! They tortured science to death wit this one.
BAHAHAHA...🤣🖖
😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
@@leelarson107 BAHAHAHA...🤣
😂😂😂
Wow. Been watching this old black and white sci-fi, which I love this genre, for over two minutes and no-one has lit a cigarette or had a cup of coffee. Amazing.
That’s true but as least every woman was subjected to horny men.. 😂
Even more shocking recognizing this is an Italian/French production.
That didn't last long as I'm sure you know.
And, just as you wrote it, the smoke filled the screen. 😅😅
So many classic B/W movies have been ruined due to Ted Turner's colorization of them.
Love these old black and white sci-fi movies. A lot are classics that are well worth watching over again. Thanks for listing. Joe S
Love looking at that old tech, rockets, even a V2 shown taking off. They threw every film of a rocket launch they could find to make it more exciting.
My cat Rinco loves this kind of film and lots of spaceships and rockets zooming around!!
Plenty of space objects in Star Wars, Star Trek and Lost in Space. Now which does you cat like best?
Kitty does zoomies?❤
Hi Rinco !! Meeoow.. :)
@@jonnytheboy-h4m hi!
These movies bring back happy childhood memories. Thank you!
Yesssss!!!! Amen!!
I remember on Saturdays after cartoons they showed these,
LOL. "set the air conditioner to ten degrees below zero, and if that doesn't do it, set it to maximum!" Great advice for any situation.
BAHAHAHA...🤣
This one goes to eleven.
AC Unit = Universal Atmospheric Compensator and no astronaut leaves Earth without one .
Ah that's what happened and why the sixties happened the way it did. Some Beat Hair Dresser miss read or intentional rebranded some 'Hair Conditioner' calling it 'Ten Degrees Below Zero'. By 1964 the product swept the country and the mini skirt was born. There was no turning back.
@@MikeGreenwood51 Don't forget the pill.
Love those old lockheed Constellations.
True beauties, aren't they?
@@bonniemoerdyk9809 Better-built than the rocket ship.
Those "Connies" were indeed beautiful. Joe S
This is the first SF movie ever produced in Italy. If the voice of McClaren sounds familiar it is because it was provided by Shane Rimmer (the voice of Scott Tracy in The Thunderbirds)
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Thank you, I knew it sounded familiar and I could not place it!
I knew the voice but didn't know the name , thanks.
Not quite, there were a couple silent SF films produced in Italy in the 1910s and 1920s. This was the first talkie, though.
Saw this when I was a kid in the 50s. I still love this movie.
I don’t know why it is. I was born in 58 and to this day my favorite is sci-fi bee movies. I love how serious people were in these movies. It just made me laugh. My oldest sister and I would watch it late and laugh.
You have to give the people who make films like this huge credit for their creativity, with no baseline to work from they produced some amazing effects and insights into the future, not exactly rocket science but something like rocket science. Personally I would rather watch b&w movies from this era and genre than their modern equivalents, the makers of modern movies have so much technology and historical precedent to work from it would be easy for them to not use their imaginations.
And It Is Easily Noticable That They Are Not😢 That's Why HollyWeird🤡 Does So Much Re-Booting and RetConing✨💩
@@wilneal8015 Totally agree 100%.
There is no need to use totally, if you agree 100%.@@allandavis8201
@@BellaFirenzeBlah, blah, blah.
Mi dispiace moltissimo, ma non ho capito niente. Chi sei? Cosa vuoi essere? Stronza.@@MissFortune-mk6gn
The dog who came into the control room was by far the best actor
Woof!
I bet even the dog smokes 6 packs a day
Ya got THAT right! This is about three steps below a 1940's 'Poverty Row' production with a $20 budget.
Yet~ all you detractors prolly stayed for the whole film.
And chain smokin the whole time, guilt free! 💀__👍
Put the pause on. Gonna take awhile to regress that far back in my childhood when this was a possibility.
El cine progreso más que la aeronáutica.
They spared no expense in making this classic film.
Cuz they had no expence?
Around 10 dollar budget.
I think they actually spared every expense.
They didn't have actors like Tom hanks demanding 20m plus his own trailer plus a cut of the profits.
Love the woman who keeps making the same screech in the crowd scenes! Amazing that a man walked on the moon only 11 years after this movie.
aah!… my baby! aah!… my baby! aah!… my baby!
Even more amazing that nobody else has walked on the moon 52 years later!
Yes but they didn't use an atomic moonship.
Oh...did they ?
@@spaceranger3728
Normal au contraire, tous les peureux n'osent plus y aller.
A good piece of escapism. Worth watching.
Great suspense story! Never seen it before, thanks so much for posting this!
Set the air conditioner for -40 degrees! The same crowd panicking sounds used over and over again. "MY BABY!"
BAHAHAHA...🤣
The dingo ate it hahahaha
I noticed that too. MY BABY! MY BABY!
When these came out they would have been almost 100% speculative, so it would have felt kind of magical watching it.
Yes. The oooooooeeeees of the Theramin drove me nuts, but what would good sci be without it! Best of most available today.
So TRUE Ma'am. 🤠🖖 ♨️
It opens the mind to another possible reality .
Speculative? The Germans had most of this figured out by the mid 40's. And Sputnik was launched the year previous to this movie. There's nothing speculative here.
The best part was watching lips move that don't match the dialogue
Incredibly scientific and profound documentary.....
I ate a 420 gummy and I caught myself thinking this is the best movie I’ve ever seen. Sure I must be really buzzed
I had to order some wings to go with the Kandy Kush...
Lol
You must😂
LMAO you got another one
I, did something similar when I went to see Star Wars, back in 1977. My brain was connected to every laser bolt during the chase in the canyon. What a rush ! 😊
50s, b&w sci fi, proper stinker, just the way we really like them. Especially the cars and how the women were in those days. Brilliant!
The women's dresses :)
@@suebotchie4167 Not only; much less singles and single mothers; a whole different culture!
@suebotcwe could still make them...retro styleshie4167
It's a movie people. Just a movie to enjoy. Nothing more than that... Get it!
No!
No!
'Enjoy'
may be too strong a word.
Not really. Why aren't the women at home cooking and cleaning?
Not sure it qualifies as "movie"
Fun fact: the English dub voice of John in this film is the late Shane Rimmer, the voice of Scott Tracy in thunderbirds.
😯 What !? To Cool ! Thanks for the info my friend . Much Respect. 🤠🖖 ♨️
Thank You ,...!!!
Yeah, I recognized his voice immediately.
Thank you so much for this. I knew I'd heard that distinctive voice somewhere :)
C.I.G.
The electronic music/sound effects are satisfyingly mysterious. For the time, 1958, this film is well written and acted. It differs from the endless action films of today that often lack a substantial plot.
These days it's kids comic books brought to the big screen, superheroes where everyone is living in a fantasy world.
The kind of inane brain dead nonsense we stopped reading or watching when we were about 10 years old.
Now they make this stuff for adults overgrown ones at that
I remember this well. The nation was in shock when this movie was robbed of the Academy Award for Best Picture that year.
I take it this was hyperbole or sarcasm. I went to search it out and could not find any reference to such also, the films competing in both 1958 and 1959 were the likes of Ben Hur and 12 Angry Men, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Defiant ones, etc.
Sarcasm is fine but, make it stand out as such, the world is already filled with too much dis & misinformation as it were.
Really? It doesn't take a "Rocket Scientist " to figure that out.
Subtlety not your forte?
@@gheloveg719 Also, nobody actually cares about those shitty awards. They almost always go to propaganda films, like 12 angry men. Those other movies I'm not familiar with, so I dunno what they were pushing. I think Ben Hur was just some roman empire movie.
ben hur and 12 are Great movies my friend@@gheloveg719
Ben Hur was a religious movie.
imagine a “pilot” who’s going into space walking around in a suit and hour before takeoff. no preparation at all 🤣. but, i love these these old scifi films :)🚀🪐⚛️
Cool movie! Loved the sound effects!
Sound effects? It was magnetic distortion.
Anybody remember shock theatre in the late 60's and 70's this reminds me so much about these type movies
Yes. BAR YOUR WINDOWS !!! We watched it in my uncles basement with an old octopus furnace, and we would hide our eyes during the scary scenes.
I love it how the pilot gets picked 90 minutes before flight. Surely enough time to learn the space ship. Consider the years astronauts train....
Yes! Surprised it wasn't a coin toss to boot.😊
I guess not much to learn. Two buttons labeled 'Up' and 'Down' :)
Thanks for sharing this film and thanks for finnish subtitles too 🎬🇫🇮
You're welcome !
Made one year after The Night the World Exploded .(1957) By golly! When we blow things up, we don't fu*k around. 😎
Absolutely magnificent movie.
So many exciting moments in this old movie and love it.
Thank you for the upload
Very good
Classic film
A ticket to see this movie in 1958 at the Saturday matinee in Detroit was 25¢.
How much was the box of popcorn and soft drink?
In 1958 a ticket cost 6d (a tanner) in London. That was about 12¢ - and we got a 'lucky dip' packet of sweets for 1d (2¢), from a little shop across the road.
Best movie that you never watched!
Hoo, does THAT say much! Better to have not watched this and wonder about it than to waste 80 minutes on it. 💣
Great to see nothing's changed across the pond. Well done chaps.
This is a Franco Italian movie, chap.
I don't remember this one. I was probably only 5 or 6 when it came out. Enjoyed seeing it today.
😂😂😂.tenías 15
The movie is a cool combination of the atom bomb and the V2 rocket. in the immediate aftermath of WW2 these were cutting edge and close to magic in most peoples minds
But a couple dogs and monkeys didn't care for that kind of magic...
Lot’s of paper data in every scene, most of the movie takes place in the control room, Russians drinking Vodka on the job, neglected housewife, a diehard playboy, never ending annoying sound effects… what’s there not to like? 😅
This is a classic old Hollywood B movie. 🤗👍😎
We would see these types of movies at the Strand Theater double feature matinee for 25 cents when I was a kid.
I still prefer it over today’s zeitgeist 🙂
Also annoying kid.
Lol
😂
Very good movie! Thanks for posting!
"This is the end! It's your own fault and you deserve it!" in an angry Scottish accent - One of this film's few high points. For the time, for the genre, and as a kind of cultural time-capsule it has some value and is not the worst Italian sci-fi film, right?
Those cinema buffs in the know, edify me.
I recently watched an Italian movie about a WWII Italian sub, I watched it all. It also had a black American in it as a rescued merchant seaman.
Great comedy. I felt compelled to watch it all.
Can't wait for the HD stereo version!
Not too bad considering it was filmed in 1958! Thanks!!😂
I think it was 1961, and in the newspaper clippings in the beginning JFK is in a header of a story. The Roman numerals read 1961 as well, I think. Perhaps it was filmed in 1958, worked on and released in 1961, the credits would have been last to be finalized.
Not a bad little European entry in the "menace from space" race, complete with scientist cracking up and seeking to thwart the heroes' efforts, later a genre standard - and an early use of nukes to counter advancing celestial objects. So it's not about to win any top awards, but it's amiable enough fun.
A. Very. Good. Classic. Movie. 🎥 nice. One. To. Watch. 🎞🎬🎥👌👍
amazing rythm it has
"Destiny sure plays odd tricks", (32:53). This movie is a GAS!
Thanks for the upload.👋👋👋
I am a subscriber. Great channel i am glad i found. Love ilder horror scify movies. I have never seen this film.
Incredible film. Thanks so much.
Some interesting rocket designs.
Love the Aussie accents. It's like being there!
Aussie??? That's Scott Tracy from Thunderbirds as the lead!!!
@@tb-cg6vd BAHAHAHA...🤣 without Brain. 🤣
Thanks! Go to settings and watch at faster speed... 1.25 is good 1.5 is hilarious. That Mary is quite contrary... drama, drama. Cheers
I'm currently on 1.25 and occasionally using the skip 10 seconds function. I figured I will save about 15 or 20 mins.
@@markc7440 There is a way of saving an hour and twenty minutes...
Desde Argentina. Me gustó mucho. Linda película. ❤❤❤❤😊
Well this was fun! 👍🏼
What a great movie. Many documentary footages obviously.
Wow...just like the moon landing films..far out...neato...😮
The 'Moon landings' have been hugely discredited, and there is a body of evidence out there that the whole thing was faked. There are at least two documentaries on that.
Wow. German movies first image is a newspaper headline written in improper english. Way to go, Mister/Madame Proofreader!
I appreciate the time stamps and chapters
Awesome blast of the Past !!! No Woke or Weirdness 👍!!!
amazing rythm it has
Q: why does TH-cam keep activating closed caption in English when the movie is clearly voiced in English?
sometimes the audio on my laptop isn't loud enough even at max and I find the CC helpful.
I noticed this on other movies too.
ever thought about people with hearing difficulties???
For the hard of h4aring
I watched a youtube video the other day. It was set in an American courtroom.. but the captions were in Portuguese
The simplicity of the space operations-base control, guys in suits, women leaning over the control panels. Well, it's just so great!!!😮❤
WONDERFUL!!!!
A RARE BOOMER DELIGHT!!
THANK YOU🚀🛸🧭🇺🇸
Gosh darn, this movie is actually very good!
Little clunker from Italy. This plot of film is the source for Meteor (1979). Paul Hubschmid used the pseudonym Paul Christian for the film The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms.
I love 50's movies. The plot of this one is similar to the 1979 Meteor with Sean Connery.
It’s amazing to think that only seven years after this film was made, 2001 A Space Odyssey was made.
Absolutely EVERYBODY underestimated the complexity and cost of space travel until it began in earnest with Sputnick.
Holy Stock Footage!
I've never seen so much data calculation in my life.
Fun fact: movie was 5x over budget on sound effects...
BAHAHAHA...🤣
Excellent
Thanks for this fun filled scifi adventure 😊❤😂
Cool Rockets and Missiles!
Sputnik, too, tho it went by before Another, conical representation was mislabeled as such--US ofc😂!
Loved the "aha!" moment, the Dying Words-- and all the rockets and missiles, as I've mentioned! 🚀
A good Italian Space movie, thanks!
A testimony to what can be achieved with discarded B-roll.
Oh those sound effects
The comments are worth coming here. 😊😅😂
This was much less terrible than I expected. The international news reporting has not outgrown its age. And what about Madeleine Fischer? What a beautiful lady.
The hero's voice in the English dub is none other than Shane Rimmer (Scott Tracy from Thunderbirds, etc.).
The U Tube intro says 1958, but the movie introduction is MCMLXI at 0:30. That's 1961.
I was about to point that out, but you beat me to it...
Maybe that's the year of North American release.
The Day the Sky Exploded was released in Italy on September 4, 1958.[5][11][1] It grossed less than 150 million Italian lire domestically.[11] It was released in France as Le Danger vient de l'Espace the following year by Lux Cinematographique on July 15, 1959.[5]
It premiered in the United States on September 27, 1961 in Los Angeles.[1][11] The film was distributed by Excelsior Pictures in the United States, a small distributor that did not have any financial success with their few previous releases.[11] The Day the Sky Exploded was released on VHS and Betamax in the United States by Sinister Cinema and on DVD by Alpha Video.[12]
I love the creative genius that placed sputnik in the script along with the joke all trekkies will get when the Russian brags on sputnik beta. Sputnik one went up 1957/10/04 and in 1958 sci-fi has many satellites. Today is 16 July 2024 and America is in peril. At least Butler PA did not become another Dealey Plaza DFW TEXAS as in 1963.
The sound effects were epic 😄
I wonder why filmmakers back then thought it would interest audiences to watch a bunch of people sitting in front of big machines yelling out random numbers and such into microphones for such long chunks of film. Without the padding, this movie would have been maybe 10 minutes long. Still better than most of what's being made now.
The allure of high technology.
Wow, some real sketchy science in this. I'm used to all the hokey stuff (Animals sensing things, white balls of light in the sky, a rocket causing the whole event) but the thing that baffled me was why they invented the Tunguska crater? The Tunguska event famously has no crater.
😂😂😂
You're not supposed to think about that.
Uuhhhh... That WE know of anyway . Doesn't actually mean that governments tell ALL . Sneaks they are.
I'm amazed they even knew about Tunguska in 1958, and what caused it...
@@leelarson107muchos condicionantes para futuro en la película,
Very Good Movie.
Great movie
Plank School of Acting, especially the Moon Man.
imagine a “pilot” who’s going into space walking around in a suit and hour before takeoff. no preparation at all 🤣. but, i love these these old scifi films :)🚀🪐🛰️⚛️
omg - John and Mary 🙄😁
Yeah, "John and Mary", they put a lot of thought into those names!😅
John and Mary, imagine that. The suit an hour before launch,😅. Just love these funky old movies 👍
Not seen this before. Thanks.
such creative sound effects.
Ha ha ha ! This is one of the funkiest sci fi movies I have ever seen, only about a third of the way through and it has me remembering watching TV as a child, and being glued to the tube, 😮 ha ha ! Raw funky. I'm waiting for super man to fly in and Save ! The Day! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 😂😂😂 Here he comes !
At least one of those missiles must have gotten past the asteroids undetonated which means....SEQUEL!
The sound effects for the radar were a little annoying, at times, but all in all, this was one of the better1950s science fiction B movies. It had some pretty good character developments, drama, and kept my attention well. I didn't catch myself looking for, or really finding, any unrealistic, stupid actions to make the plot move along. There was the one Russian who went crazy with the gun, just for some final suspense, at the end, but I wasn't too aggravated at it. I don't know why they always had to kill off at least one of the higher secondary characters, in these old movies, but they did.
Professor John MacLaren is played by Paul Hubschmid. He used the name Paul Christian when he starred in The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms. One hell of a drop in his career from that film to this one.
That theremin dramatizes the drama dramatically.
Better than the crap that's out now🎉
Maybe but, not by much.
At 38:00, all the boomers can remember driving in the front seat without seat belts, except for your mother's arm coming across you to keep you "safe." Hahahaha
Go to a car show and look at the old cars on display and note seat belts or no seat belts. Then of course much later came lap belts. Still waiting for the government to require modern lap belts on planes and trains. (for your safety you know)
The animals are more precise than the 1950s radiotelescopes.
It appears that this film was shot in Italy (It was made in Italian and released in Italy before being dubbed for release in the U. K. and the U. S. The plot for this film is saving the earth from ...). I suspect that this would be a spaghetti Sci-Fi??