A strange missile from outer space circles the Earth at low altitudes, destroying everything in its path.A strange missile from outer space circles the Earth at low altitudes, destroying everything in its path.A strange missile from outer space circles the Earth at low altitudes, destroying everything in its path.
Phillip Pine
- Dr. Joe Freed
- (as Philip Pine)
Fred Engelberg
- TV Singer
- (as Fred Engleberg)
Shirley J. Shawn
- Black Woman by Piano
- (as Shirley Shawn)
Cecil Elliott
- Harold's Wife
- (as Cecil Elliot)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaOriginal director William Berke died of a sudden heart attack on the first day of shooting. His son, Lester Wm. Berke, took over.
- GoofsWith less than four minutes before Jove launches, the lead character secures the plutonium, drives the long distance to the missile base, gets to the launch pad, goes up to the Jove warhead on a slow-moving lift, places the plutonium inside, arms all the warhead mechanisms and gets back to ground and away from the Jove rocket, all in less than four minutes.
- Quotes
Dr. David Loring: There must be at least two million children in New York. I wonder how many will get out alive.
- Crazy creditsOpening credits shown over a missile flying through a group of stars.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Weirdo with Wadman: The Lost Missile (1964)
Featured review
Underrated
Lost Missile, The (1958)
** 1/2 (out of 4)
Rarely talked about "scare" film has Robert Loggia playing a scientist who has an hour to try and create something that will stop a runaway missile that is reaching temperatures of one-million. The missile is destroying everything in its path and it's heading towards New York City. I was pleasantly surprised to see how great the actual story of this film was but sadly the budget is just so low that they can't do as much with it as I'm sure they had hoped. The movie contains a great story and one can't help but think this film would have certainly scared people back in the day who feared something like this would happen. The movie, due to its low budget, features a lot of stock footage, which gets old after a while but the movies central story is still top-notch. Loggia does a very good job in his role and it's always great to see this underrated character actor. Ellen Parker is also pretty good in her role of Loggia's fiancé. What really separates this film from plenty of others is that it's not scared to kill people. I won't ruin anything but there are several downbeat moments that you really don't expect to see but this here helps keep the suspense going because you know the film isn't scared to bump someone off. Again, it's a real shame that a major studio didn't pick up this story because with a few more on the budget it could have been something really great. As it is, this remains an underrated "B" movie.
** 1/2 (out of 4)
Rarely talked about "scare" film has Robert Loggia playing a scientist who has an hour to try and create something that will stop a runaway missile that is reaching temperatures of one-million. The missile is destroying everything in its path and it's heading towards New York City. I was pleasantly surprised to see how great the actual story of this film was but sadly the budget is just so low that they can't do as much with it as I'm sure they had hoped. The movie contains a great story and one can't help but think this film would have certainly scared people back in the day who feared something like this would happen. The movie, due to its low budget, features a lot of stock footage, which gets old after a while but the movies central story is still top-notch. Loggia does a very good job in his role and it's always great to see this underrated character actor. Ellen Parker is also pretty good in her role of Loggia's fiancé. What really separates this film from plenty of others is that it's not scared to kill people. I won't ruin anything but there are several downbeat moments that you really don't expect to see but this here helps keep the suspense going because you know the film isn't scared to bump someone off. Again, it's a real shame that a major studio didn't pick up this story because with a few more on the budget it could have been something really great. As it is, this remains an underrated "B" movie.
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- May 3, 2009
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- Also known as
- Das rote Telefon... Alarm!
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- Runtime1 hour 10 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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