The Phantom Planet (1961) | Science fiction full movie

Описание: The Phantom Planet is a 1961 science fiction movie (sci-fi) directed by William Marshall. In the future world of 1980 the United States Air Force's Space Exploration Wing has bases on the moon and is on the eve of a mission to Mars. When one of their Pegasus spacecraft with two crew members aboard mysteriously disappears, Mars mission pilot Captain Frank Chapman and his navigator Lt. Ray Makonnen are sent to search for them in their own Pegasus craft. The film follows the astronaut Captain Frank Chapman, played by Dean Fredericks, who is on a space mission when he encounters a mysterious asteroid. During a spacewalk, he is accidentally miniaturized and lands on this asteroid, which turns out to be a gigantic, sentient being named Solarite. The film is notable for its imaginative use of miniaturization and the concept of living inside a giant organism. This was quite innovative for its time, though the special effects might seem quaint by today's standards.

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The movie touches on themes of isolation, the clash of civilizations, and the idea of what it means to be an outsider or "alien" in a new world.

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Cast

Dean Fredericks as Capt. Frank Chapman
Coleen Gray as Liara
Anthony Dexter as Herron
Francis X. Bushman as Sessom
Jimmy Weldon as Lt. Webb
Dolores Faith as Zetha
Richard Weber as Lt. Ray Makonnen
Al Jarvis as Judge Eden
Dick Haynes as Col. Lansfield
Earl McDaniels as Capt. Leonard
Mike Marshall (actor) as Lt. White
Richard Kiel as The Solarite
Merissa Mathes as Juro