The First Man into Space (1959)
- Starring:
- Marshall Thompson, Marla Landi, (more)
- Director(s):
- Robert Day
Synopsis of The First Man into Space
Filmed not long after the launch of Russia's Sputnik satellite, First Man Into Space benefited from a surface realism made possible by enhanced public knowledge of space-travel jargon and paraphernalia. Dashing astronaut Lt. Dan Prescott (Bill Edwards) disappears from view when his experimental spacecraft vanishes in a mysterious cloud. The space capsule returns to Earth, covered in a bizarre extraterrestrial coating. Shortly thereafter, a hulking, half-human creature raids a blood bank, killing the nurse on duty and gulping down the supplies. More bizarre, unexplained events occur before Prescott's older brother Cmdr. C.E. Prescott (Marshall Thompson) concludes that the monster is actually his missing brother, transformed by his experiences in space into a mutant, vampiric beast. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of The First Man into Space
- Marshall Thompson - Cmdr. C.E. Prescott
- Bill Edwards - Lt. Dan Prescott
- Bill Nagy - Wilson
- Roger Delgado - Mexican Consul
- Richard Shaw - Witney
- Larry Taylor - Shore Patrolman
- Franklin Fox - CPO
- Sheree Winton - Nurse
- Chuck Keyser
- John Fabian
- Marla Landi - Tia Francesca
- Robert Ayres - Capt. Ben Richards
- Carl Jaffe - Dr. Paul von Essen
- John McLaren - State Dept. Official
- Michael Patrick Bell - State Trooper
- Spencer Teakle - Control Room Official
- Barry Shawzin - Mexican Farmer
- Marc Sheldon - Doctor
- Roland Brand - Truck Driver
- Helen Forrest - Secretary
- Director(s):
- Robert Day
- Writer(s):
- Lance Z. Hargreaves, John C. Cooper
- Producer(s):
- John Croydon, Charles F. Vetter Jr.
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