synopsis
authorities British accuse an American rocket scientist to kill a comrade. To clear his name he takes the drastic step of traveling in the next rocket to see if the murder victim is in a recently launched satellite.
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Director: Terence Fisher / Producer: Michael Carreras for Hammer / Writer: Paul Tabori and Richard Landau, based on radio series of Charles Eric Maine / Photo: Reginald H. Wyer / Music: Ivor Slaney / Editing: Maurice Rootes / Visual Effects: Les Bowie and Vic Margutti / Cast: Howard Duff (Dr. Stephen Mitchell), Eva Bartok (Dr. Lisa Frank), Alan Wheatley (Dr. Smith), Philip Leaver (Professor Koepler), Michael Medwin (Dr. Toby Andrews), Andrew Osborn (Dr. Philip Crenshaw) Cecile Chevreau (Vanessa Mitchell), Anthony Ireland (General Hayes), Hugh Moxey (Colonel Alfred Daniels), David Horne (Minister), Leo Phillips (Sergeant Peterson), Marianne Stone (Miss Rogers), Jean Webster-Brough (Miss Daniels) ... / Nationality and year: United Kingdom 1953 / Duration and technical data: 76 min. BW 1.37: 1 (VOSE)
Comment
In the 50's produced the birth of the space age, which opened the door to an incipient science-fiction film that showed what could lie ahead. Some longed for the general public that was eager to see films full of new technology, interstellar travel and alien invasions. Obviously Hollywood
forward to this new fashion with a film that had a large budget and a delightful picture in Technicolor. We speak, of course, "Destination Moon" (1950). But, taking the expectation for the film of Irving Pichel, Kurt Neumann rolled in as solo18 days, with a minimum budget and tinted black and white, "Rocketship XM" (1950), which premiered earlier in the film and got a great success. The film was distributed in the United Exclusive Pictures Kingdom that put the Hammer in place to roll leveraging the popularity of the film. As usual in those days, it took a script for a radio drama, and rolled a science fiction movie with almost no budget.
Although in reality, "Spaceways" is more a thriller than a science fiction movie. Terence Fisher successfully combines science fiction and psychological melodrama, with the second option which dominates the film. And thanks to his talent the result is more than acceptable. Since Fisher manages to capture more than is right conflicts that are generated throughout the film, and to add severity and drama, certainly giving brilliant moments, as when a scientist acting maliciously and is seen through a distorted mirror of the laboratory by a colleague. Or the flash of unease and discomfort in the face of an engineer when in a moment of success of your project space, is forced to mention the rocket experiments of Nazi Germany. The script is full of a serious dialogue given to details like these, none of which seem out of place.
addition, "Spaceways" has a good group of players who help the final outcome of the film. A highlight Howard Duff, who seems to be enjoying the job at one of the more cerebral roles and introspective in his career;
In final accounts, a modest series B product, despite being sold as a science-fiction film is a psychological thriller that was promptly and effectively directed by Terence Fisher, who manages to create a atmosphere of tension and intrigue quite effective. In short, it can be seen without problems.
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