Description |
1 videodisc (77 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.. |
Series |
The Criterion collection ; 365 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 365.
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System Details |
DVD; region 1, NTSC; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono. |
Cast |
Marshall Thompson, Marla Landi, Robert Ayers, Bill Nagy, Carl Jaffe, Bill Edwards, Roger Delgado, John McLaren, Helen Forest, Michael Bell, William R. Nick, Richard Shaw, John Fabian, Barry Shawzin, Mark Sheldon, Sheree Winton, Spencer Teakle, Chuck Keyser, Rowland Brand, Franklyn Fox, Laurence Taylor. |
Credits |
Editor, Peter Mayhew ; wardrobe, Charles Guerin ; Miss Landi's dresses supervised by Anna Selby-Walker ; music composed and conducted by Buxton Orr ; electronic effects, Sound Drama ; director of photography, Geoffrey Faithfull. |
Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1959. |
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Also issued as part of collection: Monsters and madmen. |
Summary |
In this interstellar cautionary tale, brash U.S. Navy test pilot Dan Prescott, hungry for fame, rockets himself beyond Earth's atmosphere, only to become encrusted with cosmic dust and return a blood-drinking monster. |
Note |
Special features: Optional commentary with producer Richard Gordon and writer Tom Weaver; Making Space; Radio spots; Exploitation! |
Language |
English dialogue with optional English subtitles. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Test pilots -- Drama.
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Outer space -- Exploration -- Drama.
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Monsters -- Drama.
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Genre/Form |
Science fiction films.
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Feature films.
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Subject |
Air pilots -- Drama.
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Added Author |
Day, Robert, 1922-2017
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Cooper, John C., 1907-1994.
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Vetter, Charles (Charles F.)
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Ordung, Wyott.
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Faithfull, Geoffrey.
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Croydon, John J., 1907-1994.
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Thompson, Marshall, 1925-1992.
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Landi, Marla, 1933-
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Ayers, Robert, 1914-1968.
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Nagy, Bill, 1900-1973.
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Jaffe, Carl, 1902-1974.
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Edwards, Bill, 1933-
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Delgado, Roger, 1918-1973.
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McLaren, John, 1911-
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Orr, Buxton.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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Amalgamated Productions Inc.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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Added Title |
Monsters and madmen.
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ISBN |
1934121169 |
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9781934121160 |
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1934121150 |
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9781934121153 |
Music No. |
CC1673D Criterion Collection |
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