GamerTab That was an excellent one.

Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.

Salubfoto It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Michael O'Keefe An experimental rocket falls back to Earth; but upon examination months of bombardment by cosmic rays, scientists are not satisfied with the lack of info they were wanting. Dr. Don Stanton (Herbert Marshall), Dr. Lockwood (Richard Carlson) and Dr. Richard Stanton (William Lundigan) are seriously wanting to know more about the molecular structure of meteorites and what protects them while entering the Earth's atmosphere. With the encouragement of Dr. Jane Flynn (Martha Hyer), there is a plan to send up special made manned rockets built for short-duration flight to capture some meteors from the upper atmosphere.Whimsical, but serious minded sci-fi directed by Curt Siodmak filmed at Culver City's Hal Roach Studios for Ivan Tor's Productions. This often over looked film might have been reaching for "harder" science fiction than what what was found in the current bombardment of the atomic bomb generated monster movie genre.Rounding out the cast: George Eldredge, King Donovan, Dawn Addams, Robert Karnes, Michael Fox and James Best.

cloudcover315 I looked for this hard-to-find movie for years in vain until last week when I found it on eBay. I really wanted it to add to my collection of '50's sci-fi films, although the joy was in the memory and not the actual re-viewing after so many years. Beginning with a rather odd female vocal of the title song, unique in itself, the story is basically about one space mission and the training and personal drama that leads up to three manned rockets being launched to try to capture a meteor in a scoop built into the nose of the rocket. If this mission sounds kind of suicidal, it actually is, in one explosive incident. The usual sci-fi characters are in this one, and although the electronic equipment is hopelessly dated and stock footage is used throughout, this rather rare movie is good enough to add to the sci-fi collectibles list. I gave it an "8" rating largely out of sentiment. It is closer to a seven because of its slow beginning, despite the talents of a pretty fair cast. ~~

PudgyPandaMan I think this was a real good quality 50's era sci-fi from 1954. I don't usually go for the silly monster version of sci-fi so prevalent from the era - although I still like a few for a good laugh. But this one has more sincerity and genuineness to it. It was actually very believable.Yes, I know the special effects are a little cheesy. But I think for the time period they were pretty good. The title screen on IMDb show this as being a color film - but I kept having the impression that this was a black and white film that had been colorized (which I'm usually not a fan of). But I think it was a good decision to have this be color to appreciate the views from space, all the colored blinking lights from the science equipment (I don't think we could call these computers).I thought the footage of the mice in space was a real gem! It cracked me up with their little rubber ball.Anyways, I have always been fascinated with space travel, and I'm sure the audiences from the 50's must have been mesmerized with the premise of man going to space. I don't think the real space race with the Soviets had heated up yet (Sputnik didn't launch until 1957), but I'm sure it was on people's minds.I liked the casting, especially Herbert Marshall. He makes the perfect egghead scientist type. I love his voice, but who doesn't. I thought Richard Carlson who played Lockwood and also directed, did a great job - especially when he freaks out after Gordon explodes in space and he completely loses it. I wasn't a big fan of the female lead. She wasn't very appealing, but I guess it was important to cast someone not too attractive so as to be able to believe her in a scientist-type role.Overall, I think this was a decent picture with good foresight into the real space race for which our country was on the precipice.

denscul Unlike most Sci-Fi's of the era, this one had a first class star in Herbert Marshall, and a few popular stars of the day such as William Lundigan and Richard Carlson, Martha Hyer.Considering when this film was made, it had quite a few historically accurate problems facing science before man went into space. Unlike era sci-fi's that had travel to the stars, and all kinds of monsters from space, this took the short step into the future by tackling getting out of the earth's gravitational pull on a manned mission. The one step at a time type of effort that finally resulted in the moon landings.Some actual footage of V-2 rocket launches and the type of rocket that sent our first satellite into space was used. Some of the sets however were cheaply made and even for the time seriously dated. As far as the script goes, it was a bit corny, but unlike contemporary films, the characters were believable. Although there was hardly a kiss displayed, Lundigan develops an attachment to the only female scientist in the film. The suspense of the film centers around the secrecy of selecting unmarried candidates to rocket into space and capture a meteor which could provide clues to making future rocket. Three rockets with one pilot each go up, and only one come back with one of the meteors. Of course Lundigan is the sole survivor making for a happy ending for Martha Hyer.