War of the Satellites

War of the Satellites
Credits
Title:	War of the Satellites
Director:	Roger Corman
Writers:	Irving Block Lawrence L. Goldman Jack Rabin
Producers:	Irving Block Roger Corman Jack Rabin
Composer:	Walter Greene
Cinematography:	Floyd Crosby
Editors:	Irene Morra
Production
Distributed by:	Allied Artists Pictures
Released:	May 18th, 1958
Rating:	Approved
Running time:	66 min.
Country:	USA
Language:	English
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War of the Satellites is an American feature film of the science fiction genre. It was directed and produced by Roger Corman and written by Irving Block, Lawrence L. Goldman and Jack Rabin. Block and Rabin also served as producers on the movie. It was produced by Allied Artists Pictures and released theatrically in the United States on May 18th, 1958.

War of the Satellites stars Dick Miller as Dave Boyer, Susan Cabot as Sybil Carrington, Richard Devon as Doctor Pol Van Ponder, Eric Sinclair as Doctor Howard Lazar, Michael Fox as Jason ibn Akad, Robert Shayne as Cole Hotchkiss and Jerry Barclay as John Compo. The premise of the film involves a space mission involving satellites in which the crew of the rocket is overtaken by an aggressive alien presence.

Cast

Actor	Role
Dick Miller	Dave Boyer
Susan Cabot	Sybil Carrington
Richard Devon	Doctor Pol Van Ponder
Eric Sinclair	Doctor Howard Lazar
Michael Fox	Jason ibn Akad
Robert Shayne	Cole Hotchkiss
Jered Barclay	John Compo
John Brinkley	Crew member
Tony Miller	Unknown
Bruno VeSota	Mister LeMoine
Jay Sayer	Jay
Mitzi McCall	Mitzi
Roy Gordon	The President
Beach Dickerson	Crewman with gun
Jim Knight	Unknown
Roger Corman	Ground Control

Notes & Trivia

• War of the Satellites redirects to this page.

• War of the Satellites premiered in Mexico on April 28th, 1960.

• War of the Satellites premiered in West Germany on September 27th, 1963.

• This film was released on DVD in Region 1 format as part of a three-feature package under the "Roger Corman's Cult Classics Triple Feature" banner along with Not of This Earth and Attack of the Crab Monsters.

• This is Roger Corman's nineteenth film as a director. It is his twenty-second film as a producer. It is his fourth film as an actor.

• Director and producer Roger Corman makes a cameo appearance in the film as the Ground Control operator.

• Actor Jered Barclay is credited as Jerry Barclay in this film.

• Actor Jim Knight is credited as James Knight in this film. It is unclear which character he is playing in the movie.

• From the time this movie was conceived, it was reportedly only eight weeks later that the completed movie was playing in theaters.

Recommendations

1950s Sci-Fi

20 Million Miles to Earth Amazing Colossal Man, The Attack of the 50 Foot Woman Attack of the Crab Monsters Attack of the Giant Leeches Brain from Planet Arous, The Deadly Mantis, The Earth vs. the Flying Saucers

Forbidden Planet Invasion of the Body Snatchers It Came from Beneath the Sea It Came from Outer Space Monster That Challenged the World, The Not of This Earth War of the Worlds War of the Satellites

External Links

• War of the Satellites at AMG
• War of the Satellites at TCM
• War of the Satellites at IMDB
• War of the Satellites at Wikipedia
• War of the Satellites at Themoviedb.org
• War of the Satellites at Rotten Tomatoes

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