First Man Into Space

"The picture that leaps ahead of the headlines!"

Feb 27 1959 Approved 1h 17m
Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

The first pilot to leave Earth's atmosphere lands, then vanishes; but something with a craving for blood prowls the countryside...

Plot

Navy test pilot Lieut. Dan Prescott, in experimental rocket plane Y-13, disobeys orders and becomes the first man to fly outside the ionosphere. Unable to turn, he ejects...and is plastered with metallic meteor dust. The pilot compartment lands with no trace of the pilot... but first cattle, then people, are found with their throats cut as if with an axe, by something that seems to have a craving for blood...

Written by

John Croydon, Charles F. Vetter, Wyott Ordung

Directed by

Robert Day

Production Countries

United Kingdom

Production Companies

Amalgamated Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Languages

English

Awards

1 nomination

Scores
# of Votes
1,861
Average Rating
5.4 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA