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The Phantom Planet (1961)

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Release Date: Jan 1, 1961 Wide

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In this off-beat sci-fi adventure an astronaut must make a forced landing upon a remote asteroid. His ship is damaged and he must breathe the planet's atmosphere. Soon he begins shrinking and once he gets down to six inches discovers the place populated by diminutive people who have turned the flying rock into a ship. He soon joins forces with the little people to defeat the monstrous solarites, terrifying creatures out to eat them. The leader of the wee-folk is Francis X. Bushman who was once a

Unrated, 1 hr. 22 min.

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Directed By: William Marshall

Written By: William Telaak, Fred De Gorter

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1961 Wide

On DVD: Jan 9, 2001

American International Pictures (AIP)

Cast

Allyson Ames
Francis X. Bushman
Sesom
Anthony Dexter
Herron
Dolores Faith
Zetha
Dean Fredericks
Capt. Frank Chapman
Coleen Gray
Liara
Dick Haynes
Col. Lansfield
Richard Kiel
Solarite
Michael Marshall
Lt. White
Marissa Mathes
Warrene Ott
Richard Weber
Lt. Makonnen
Mel Curtis
Lt. Cutler
Al Jarvis
Judge Eden
Gloria Moreland
Jimmy Weldon
Navigator Webb
Dean Cooper
Akemi Tani
John Herrin
Lori Lyons

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It's actually quite compelling.

May 28, 2011 Full Review Source: Goatdog's Movies

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Michael W. Phillips, Jr.

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I could say it's laughable, embarrassing, woefully inept, and absolutely Ed Woodsian in style and presentation, but why bother?

June 17, 2006 Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com

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Scott Weinberg

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This movie is stupid and nonsensical, the guy lands on some planet and shrinks to the tiny size of the rest of the people there, and they put him through some crazy trials and then need his help against their enemy, and other sci-fi type stuff happens, but you keep wondering what the point is and when the story is

November 23, 2010

AJ Verser

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Seems much longer than it actually is due to it being so incredibly boring. Like most sci-fi around this time, the "special effects" are cheesy and the story is dime-a-dozen and lame. Since it sucks, you can expect Richard Kiel to be in it somewhere...and there he is!

November 23, 2010