First Man into Space
1959 British-American film by Robert Day / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the film. For the first human in space, see Yuri Gagarin.
First Man into Space is a 1959 independently made British-American[1] black-and-white science fiction-horror film directed by Robert Day and starring Marshall Thompson, Marla Landi, Bill Edwards, and Robert Ayres. It was produced by John Croydon, Charles F. Vetter, and Richard Gordon for Amalgamated Films and was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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Directed by | Robert Day |
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Cinematography | Geoffrey Faithfull |
Edited by | Peter Mayhew |
Music by | Buxton Orr |
Production company | Amalgamated Productions |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 78 min. |
Language | English |
Budget | $131,000 |
Box office | $635,000 |
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The film is based on a story by Wyott Ordung, while the plot was developed from a script that had been pitched to and rejected by AIP.