Il mostro dei cieli (1957)
Mentre il mistero avvolge la scomparsa di alcuni aerei in ricognizione nelle regioni artiche, una mostruosa, gigantesca creatura alata fa la sua apparizione nei cieli dell'America settentrionale. L'aeronautica militare non ci mette molto ad associare quella incredibile presenza con le inspiegabili sparizioni e appronta immediatamente un piano di emergenza, ma l'orrenda cretura si fa beffe dei caccia che le vengono mandati contro per distruggerla. Il mostro, in realtà, è immune alle armi dell'esercito grazie ad una sorta di schermo di antimateria che lo circonda. Unica possibilità di abbattere la creatura è infrangere lo scudo che la protegge. In tempi da record, viene progettato e realizzato un raggio mortale e quando il mostro si permette una breve sosta appollaiandosi sull'Empire State Building...
Direttore:
Fred F. Sears
Scrittori:
Paul Gangelin, Samuel Newman.
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Jeff Morrow as Mitchell 'Mitch' MacAfee |
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Mara Corday as Sally Caldwell |
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Morris Ankrum as Lt. Gen. Edward Considine |
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Louis Merrill as Pierre Broussard |
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Edgar Barrier as Dr. Karol Noymann |
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Robert Shayne as Gen. Van Buskirk |
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Frank Griffin as Pete - Pilot |
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Clark Howat as Maj. Bergen |
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Morgan Jones as Lieutenant, Radar Officer |
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Benjie Bancroft as Civil Aeronautics Board Member (uncredited) |
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Brad Brown as Pool Party Diver (uncredited) |
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Al Cantor as AF Projectionist (uncredited) |
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George Cisar as Admonishing Man on Airliner (uncredited) |
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Bud Cokes as Civil Aeronautics Board Member (uncredited) |
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Leonard P. Geer as Paramedic (uncredited) |
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Dabbs Greer as Fighter Pilot, (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Sol Murgi as Civil Aeronautics Board Member (uncredited) |
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Fred F. Sears as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
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Robert B. Williams as First State Trooper (uncredited) |
| Writing | Paul Gangelin | Screenplay |
| Directing | Fred F. Sears | Director |
| Writing | Samuel Newman | Screenplay |
| Production | Sam Katzman | Producer |
| Camera | Benjamin H. Kline | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Saul A. Goodkind | Editor |
| Editing | Anthony DiMarco | Editor |
| Art | Paul Palmentola | Art Direction |
| Art | Sidney Clifford | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Mischa Bakaleinikoff | Music |
| Sound | Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco | Music |
| Sound | Jacques Belasco | Music |
| Sound | Max Steiner | Music |
| Directing | Leonard Katzman | Assistant Director |
| Sound | George Duning | Music |
| Sound | Marlin Skiles | Music |
| Sound | J.S. Westmoreland | Sound |
| Sound | George Antheil | Music |
| Sound | John Leipold | Music |
| Crew | George J. Teague | Special Effects |
| Crew | Ralph Hammeras | Special Effects |
| Camera | Emil Oster | Camera Operator |
| Production | Paul Sperling | Production Coordinator |
| Crew | Lawrence W. Butler | Special Effects |
| Crew | Rookie Johnson | Cableman |
