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The first pilot to leave Earth's atmosphere lands, then vanishes; but something with a craving for blood prowls the countryside...The first pilot to leave Earth's atmosphere lands, then vanishes; but something with a craving for blood prowls the countryside...The first pilot to leave Earth's atmosphere lands, then vanishes; but something with a craving for blood prowls the countryside...
- Awards
- 1 nomination total
Helen Forrest
- Secretary
- (as Helen Forest)
Roland Brand
- Truck Driver
- (as Rowland Brand)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe pilot in the stock footage sequences is Chuck Yeager.
- GoofsWhen Commander Prescott exits a building, he passes a sign that reads, "Flight Operations - Authorised Personnel Only". The film is set on an American Air Force base in New Mexico, and no sign in the United States would use the British spelling of "authorized", with an "s" instead of a "z". (The fact that the film was shot in England accounts for this error.)
- Quotes
Doctor Paul von Essen: The conquest of new worlds always makes demands of human life. And there will always be men who will accept the risk.
- ConnectionsFeatured in It Came from Hollywood (1982)
Featured review
First Man Into Space has its low budget limitations, but it's story is a corker. It's one of the few 50s science fiction stories that question non-atomic technology: how far sure man go? What are the consequences of his thirst for knowledge and experience? This time there are no invading aliens, no throbbing radioactive brains from another planet, and no marauding killer tree stumps. We are simply confronted with a man who crosses a line and tries to come back. It helps that he looks like The Incredible Melting Man, but this is a movie that does more than simply shock the audience.
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- Budget
- £100,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 17 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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