The Phantom Planet

The Phantom Planet (1961)

It Begins Where Others End! On the Moon!

After an asteroid draws an astronaut and his ship to its surface, he is miniaturized by the phantom planet's exotic atmosphere.

Date of release
1961-12-13
TMDB
4.0 / 10 (74)
Runtime
1h 22m
Genres
Science Fiction, Horror
Director
William Marshall

Casting

Interesting facts

The Phantom Planet is a 1961 independently made American black-and-white science fiction film produced by Fred Gebhardt, directed by William Marshall, and starring Dean Fredericks, Coleen Gray, Anthony Dexter, and Francis X. Bushman. It was the first credited appearance of Richard Kiel, although he is not identifiable in the masked monster costume used for the film. The Phantom Planet was released on December 13, 1961 in the U.S. by American International Pictures as a double feature with Assignment Outer Space (1960).

Production

Director William Marshall, a former actor and bandleader, had previously made two films, Hello God and Adventures of Captain Fabian, with Errol Flynn. His son Mike Marshall made his debut in The Phantom Planet. Screenwriter and co-producer Fred Gebhardt previously produced and wrote the screenplay for Columbia Pictures 1960 science fiction film 12 to the Moon.

The Phantom Planet's interior spaceship sets, spacesuit helmets, oxygen backpacks, and special effects originally appeared in the Ziv Company's science fiction television series Men into Space, which was broadcast on CBS TV in 1959.

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