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Scientists discover that a group of meteors are hurtling on a collison course with Earth, and if they hit, the planet will be destroyed.Scientists discover that a group of meteors are hurtling on a collison course with Earth, and if they hit, the planet will be destroyed.Scientists discover that a group of meteors are hurtling on a collison course with Earth, and if they hit, the planet will be destroyed.
Madeleine Fischer
- Katy Dandridge
- (as Madeline Fischer)
Dario Michaelis
- Peter Leduq
- (as Darrio Michaelis)
Jean-Jacques Delbo
- Sergei Boetnikov
- (as Jean Jacques Delbo)
Annie Berval
- Lab Assistant
- (uncredited)
S. Louis Casta
- Doctor
- (uncredited)
Gérard Landry
- Landowsky
- (uncredited)
Livio Lorenzon
- British General
- (uncredited)
Peter Meersman
- General van Dorff
- (uncredited)
Shane Rimmer
- John McLaren
- (English version)
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Giacomo Rossi Stuart
- Stuart
- (uncredited)
Gianni Solaro
- French General
- (uncredited)
Massimo Zeppieri
- Dennis McLaren
- (uncredited)
- Directors
- Paolo Heusch(credit only)
- Mario Bava(uncredited)
- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaThe voice of the American astronaut character, John McLaren is provided by Shane Rimmer, Canadian actor better known for voicing Scott Tracey of the English series Thunderbirds (1965).
- GoofsIn the control room there is a large world map which is drawn very poorly. One would expect such a map to be very accurate, but South America and Africa are clearly distorted.
- Crazy creditsFor the English dubbed version, director of photography Mario Bava's name is given as "Mario Baja." His camera operator, Ubaldo Terzano, is listed as "Uraldo Terzano."
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A Joint Effort
A joint effort by the United States and the Soviet Union to send a nuclear powered manned flight into space results in a disaster which manages to ionize a cluster of meteors and send them on a trajectory toward earth. This causes a crises of the first magnitude as tidal waves are predicted to destroy cities near coasts all over the world. And that's just the beginning of the problem. Now, while this scenario had been done about seven years earlier in "When Worlds Collide", this film offers a different approach and succeeds (more or less) in spite of the limited budget which was spent to produce it. And although the acting certainly wasn't anything to get excited about, the special effects were pretty good considering the era this movie was made. All in all then, it's worth watching as long as people aren't expecting too much. All things considered then I rate it as about average. No more and no less.
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- Mar 31, 2013
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- Death Comes from Outer Space
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- Runtime1 hour 22 minutes
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By what name was The Day the Sky Exploded (1958) officially released in India in English?
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