Le danger vient de l'espace

Original title: La morte viene dallo spazio

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Scientists discover that a group of meteors are hurtling on a collison course with Earth, and if they hit, the planet will be destroyed.Scientists discover that a group of meteors are hurtling on a collison course with Earth, and if they hit, the planet will be destroyed.Scientists discover that a group of meteors are hurtling on a collison course with Earth, and if they hit, the planet will be destroyed.

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Paul Hubschmid

John McLaren

Madeleine Fischer

Katy Dandridge
(as Madeline Fischer)

Fiorella Mari

Mary McLaren

Ivo Garrani

Prof. Herbert Weisse

Dario Michaelis

Peter Leduq
(as Darrio Michaelis)

Gérard Landry

Randowsky
(as Sam Galter)

Jean-Jacques Delbo

Sergei Boetnikov
(as Jean Jacques Delbo)

Annie Berval

Lab Assistant
(uncredited)

S. Louis Casta

Doctor
(uncredited)

Livio Lorenzon

British General
(uncredited)

Peter Meersman

General van Dorff
(uncredited)

Shane Rimmer

John McLaren
(English version)
(voice)
(uncredited)

Giacomo Rossi Stuart

Stuart
(uncredited)

Gianni Solaro

French General
(uncredited)

Massimo Zeppieri

Dennis McLaren
(uncredited)

Directors
- Paolo Heusch
- Mario Bava
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Trivia
The voice of the American astronaut character, John McLaren is provided by Shane Rimmer, Canadian actor better known for voicing Scott Tracey of the English series Les sentinelles de l'air! (1965).

Goofs
In the control room there is a large world map which is drawn very poorly. One would expect such a map to be very accurate, but South America and Africa are clearly distorted.

Quotes
Katy Dandridge: Something troubling you?
Peter Leduq: You!
Katy Dandridge: I?
Peter Leduq: That cool beauty ..
Katy Dandridge: Oh
Peter Leduq: It freezes my powers of concentration.

Crazy credits
For the English dubbed version, director of photography Mario Bava's name is given as "Mario Baja." His camera operator, Ubaldo Terzano, is listed as "Uraldo Terzano."

Connections
Featured in Fright Night Late Show: The Phantom Planet + The Day The Sky Exploded (1969)

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4/10

We are doomed!

It is hard to give a rating to old movies like this. This Italian/French film is a predecessor to modern fare like Meteor or Armegeddon.

No Bruce Willis, but Paul Hubschmid, the first Swiss film star. He is on a team of astronauts that included a Frenchman and a Russian and was selected for the first mission in space. Such international cooperation! Absolutely brilliant for the time. It will be even more amazing as the film goes on.

Don't look for great acting or fancy special effects. Stock footage is the norm and the dialog is corny, but there is a bright shining moment when they know they are all doomed and some scientist wigs out.

The solution to the falling meteor is the use of all the nation's atomic warheads. Like that would happen. You know the USA or Russia, probably both, would hold a few in reserve. I am sure the USA did, as I saw no missiles leaving silos.

It's interesting to see the first films of this type before CGI, which is why I am investing the week exploring them.