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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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- 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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Early Euro sci-fi disaster film is not especially memorable
A multi-national space mission including astronauts from the UK, the USA and the Soviet Union venture into space but they experience technical problems resulting in the mission being aborted, but unfortunately this is just the first in a chain reaction of events which results in catastrophic disasters back on Earth, including scores of asteroids, earthquakes and extreme weather.
The Day the Sky Exploded is fairly notable for being the first Italian sci-fi movie. Having said that, this is a fairly limited claim to fame given science fiction wouldn't exactly go on to become one of the movie sub-genres that the pasta masters are most well remembered for. This one is fairly ahead of its time in some respects though and quite ambitious for its time. It also is unusual in that it showed Americans and Russians working happily together at the height of the Cold War. So, it has some interesting things about it for sure but on the whole it was pretty forgettable stuff unfortunately. Interestingly, it was also photographed by the great future directing legend Mario Bava; to be honest, the version I saw this was a public domain pan-and-scan copy in which it was difficult to really tell if it had great cinematography or not sadly.
The Day the Sky Exploded is fairly notable for being the first Italian sci-fi movie. Having said that, this is a fairly limited claim to fame given science fiction wouldn't exactly go on to become one of the movie sub-genres that the pasta masters are most well remembered for. This one is fairly ahead of its time in some respects though and quite ambitious for its time. It also is unusual in that it showed Americans and Russians working happily together at the height of the Cold War. So, it has some interesting things about it for sure but on the whole it was pretty forgettable stuff unfortunately. Interestingly, it was also photographed by the great future directing legend Mario Bava; to be honest, the version I saw this was a public domain pan-and-scan copy in which it was difficult to really tell if it had great cinematography or not sadly.
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- Death Comes from Outer Space
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By what name was The Day the Sky Exploded (1958) officially released in India in English?
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