The Phantom Planet
The Phantom Planet is a 1961 independently made American black-and-white science fiction film, produced by Fred Gebhardt, directed by William Marshall, that stars Dean Fredericks, Coleen Gray, Anthony Dexter, and Francis X. Bushman. The film was released in the U.S. by American International Pictures as a double feature with Assignment Outer Space.
Plot
It is 1980, and the United States Air Force's Space Exploration Wing has bases on the Moon and on the eve of a mission to Mars. When another of its two-member crewed Pegasus spacecraft mysteriously disappears, rumors begin circulating of space monsters and phantom planets. Captain Frank Chapman and his navigator Lt. Ray Makonnen are ordered to investigate.
More details
| author | Fred de Gorter Fred Gebhardt William Telaak |
|---|---|
| director | William Marshall |
| editor | Hugo Grimaldi |
| genre | horror science fiction |
| keywords | adopt air force airlock alien race asteroid attack capture deep space engage fighter craft forced landing kidnap land lunar base mar meteor shower one night planetoid rock search party space exploration space monster space suit spoil stalk tractor beam traumatize united states air force vanish warn young man |
| musicBy | Leith Stevens |
| producer | Fred Gebhardt |
| productionCompany | Four Crown Productions Inc. |
| publisher | American International Pictures |
| theme | independent monster movie science fiction horror the future |