First Man into Space
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In this interstellar cautionary tale, brash U.S. Navy test pilot Dan Prescott, hungry for fame, rockets himself beyond Earth’s atmosphere, only to become encrusted with cosmic dust and return a blood-drinking monster.
Special Features
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer
- Audio commentary by producer Richard Gordon and writer Tom Weaver
- New video interviews with director Robert Day and costar Marla Landi
- Original theatrical trailers and radio spots
- Stills galleries featuring production and publicity photographs
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: new essays by Bruce Eder and Michael Lennick
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Special Features
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer
- Audio commentary by producer Richard Gordon and writer Tom Weaver
- New video interviews with director Robert Day and costar Marla Landi
- Original theatrical trailers and radio spots
- Stills galleries featuring production and publicity photographs
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: new essays by Bruce Eder and Michael Lennick
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Cast
- Marshall Thompson
- Commander Charles Prescott
- Marla Landi
- Tia Francesca
- Robert Ayers
- Captain Ben Richards
- Bill Nagy
- Assistant Chief Wilson
- Carl Jaffe
- Cr. Paul Von Essen
- Bill Edwards
- Lieutenant Dan Prescott
- Roger Delgado
- Ramon DeGareara
- John McLaren
- Harold Atkins
Credits
- Director
- Robert Day
- Producer
- John Croydon
- Producer
- Charles Vetter Jr.
- Executive producer
- Richard Gordon
- Screenplay
- John C. Cooper
- Screenplay
- Lance Z. Hargreaves
- Original story
- Wyott Ordung
- Cinematography
- Geoffrey Faithfull
- Music
- Buxton Orr
- Editing
- Peter Mayhew
- Electronic effects by
- Sound Drama
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