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War of the Satellites is a american film of genre Science fiction directed by Roger Corman released in USA on 18 may 1958 with Richard Devon
War of the Satellites (1958)
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Add to a movie listWar of the Satellites is a 1958 independently made black-and-white science fiction film distributed in the US and the UK by Allied Artists. The film was produced and directed by Roger Corman and stars Richard Devon, Dick Miller, and Susan Cabot. This low budget feature was rapidly conceived, filmed, and released to exploit the international media frenzy surrounding the launch of the Russian Sputnik satellite, the first in space.
An "unknown force" declares war against planet Earth when the United Nations disobeys warnings to cease and desist in its attempts at assembling and then launching the first satellite into space.
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Members of the United Nations space program are dismayed by the inexplicable annihilation of a manned satellite. The satellite is the tenth in the Sigma Project to be destroyed after coming into contact with a mysterious space barrier. At the control center, U.N. representative Mr. Akad demands that the project, which has yielded limited results, be terminated because of the loss of money and lives. Soon after, a young teenage couple witnesses the landing of a small missile-like object which they turn over to authorities. After examining the capsule, the U.N. calls a meeting and reads aloud a message from the capsule that proclaims to be from the Masters of the Spiral Nebula Ghana, aliens displeased by Earth's repeated attempts to explore space. Calling humans a "disease," the aliens declare they will set up a quarantine to protect the universe.Actors
Richard Devon
(Dr. Pol Van Ponder)
Dick Miller
(Dave Boyer)
Susan Cabot
(Sybil Carrington)
Michael Fox
(Jason ibn Akad)
Robert Shayne
(Cole Hotchkiss)
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