THE LOST MISSILE
1958

This may be THE sleeper sci-fi film of the 50s. Very imaginative story - plausible and with adult storytelling/writing. Very cheaply made sci-fi thriller from the Golden Age of the 1950s that surprisingly is much better than you might initially expect. Yes, it is cheaply made. Yes, many of the actors are sub-par. Yes, the story doesn't always make sense nor is it cohesive. What does it have going for it? Well, the story is entertaining as we follow the exploits of a hydrogen missile or some alien missile as it blazes its way from Alaska through Canada on its way to New York City turning everything it passes over nothing more than a burned cinder.

PLOT:
A strange missile from outer space circles the Earth at low altitudes, destroying everything in its path.

CAST:
Robert Loggia ... Dr. David Loring
Ellen Parker ... Joan Wood
Phillip Pine ... Dr. Joe Freed
Larry Kerr ... General Barr
Marilee Earle ... Ella Freed
Fred Engelberg ... TV Singer
Kitty Kelly ... Mama - Ella's Mother
Selmer Jackson ... Secretary of State
Hari Rhodes ... Black Man at Piano
Shirley J. Shawn ... Black Woman by Piano
J. Anthony Hughes ... Governor of New York
Jack Holland ... Harold
John McNamara ... Civil Aeronautics Board Officer
Cecil Elliott ... Harold's Wife
Joe Hyams ... Young - Reporter
Bill Bradley ... Bill Bradley
Lawrence Dobkin ... Narrator (voice)

Director: Lester Wm. Berke

RUNNING TIME: 70 MIN