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The Phantom Planet (1961)

NR12/13/1961Science Fiction1h 22m
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It Begins Where Others End! On the Moon!

Overview

After an asteroid draws an astronaut and his ship to its surface, he is miniaturized by the phantom planet's exotic atmosphere.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Dean Fredericks

    Captain Frank Chapman

  2. Cast 1

    Coleen Gray

    Liara

  3. Cast 1

    Anthony Dexter

    Herron

  4. Cast 1

    Dolores Faith

    Zetha

  5. Cast 1

    Francis X. Bushman

    Sessom

  6. Richard Weber

    Lt. Ray Makonnen

  7. Al Jarvis

    Judge Eden

  8. Dick Haynes

    Col. Lansfield

  9. Earl McDaniel

    Capt. Leonard

There seemed to be a lot of dodgy thinking going on, considering this was space exploration. For instance, spaceships going along a certain route keep on mysteriously disappearing, and the man in charge simply decides to send one more ship at a time, along the same route. What's going to happen when he runs out of men? And there are many other instances that defy all attempts at logic. This is one of those films that would have given Spock a sleepless night, let me tell you. As I'm finishing up my now-legendary Mill Creek 50-pack, 'Nightmare Worlds', I watched this, and it was fun, fine and...

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Original LanguageEnglish 

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