A fungus brought from space threatens to grow and spread, devouring everyone in its path.A fungus brought from space threatens to grow and spread, devouring everyone in its path.A fungus brought from space threatens to grow and spread, devouring everyone in its path.
Edward Bernds
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- (uncredited)
Robert Bice
- Officer
- (uncredited)
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Like the previous commenter I also saw this as a child, and in the spirit of his well written comments, I will add it was at the old Nile Theater in South Minneapolis. I was about 10. I had nightmares about this film for many days after, and to this day 50 years later, I still remember the title! Definitely not for the discerning adult, but my sci-fi grandson would love it! Solid 8 rating for the memories and thrills. However, it is only marginally acted. The special effects are good, and the airplane scene mentioned is thrilling. The oozing through the vent duct in the lab will remind you you are not safe even in your own home. I'd sure like to see this again!
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- TriviaMoe Howard: , of The Three Stooges fame, as a cab driver. Production assistant Norman Maurer was Moe's son-in-law, and director Edward Bernds was a longtime friend and had directed many Three Stooges shorts and several of their features. Moe found himself out of work after more than 25 years when Columbia Pictures closed its Shorts department with no notice early in 1958. Bernds offered Moe the cab driver part, and Moe in turn asked him to take on hire Maurer, who was trying to get a foothold in the film business. Bernds knew Maurer and considered him to be a talented artist, so he hired him as a sketch artists to help the special-effects department.
- GoofsLaura moves the TV unit in the hotel room a bit when she turns it off, but the picture on the TV doesn't move at all, as it was inserted afterward.
- Quotes
Pvt. Joe Rattigan: [to the stewardess] Are there any other brunettes on this flight wearing tweed coarts?
- ConnectionsFeatured in Aweful Movies with Deadly Earnest: Space Master X-7 (1966)
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- Also known as
- Doomsday
- Filming locations
- Union Station - 800 N. Alameda Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA(interiors and exteriors of station)
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- Budget
- $125,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 11 minutes
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- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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