The Phantom Planet
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| Original title | The Phantom Planet |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1961 |
| length | 82 minutes |
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| Director | William Marshall |
| script | William Telaak |
| production | Fred Gebhardt |
| music | Hayes Pagel |
| camera | Elwood J. Nicholson |
| cut | Hugo Grimaldi |
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The Phantom Planet is in black and white twisted science fiction film by director William Marshall . The film has not been shown in German-speaking countries.
action
The film is about the mysterious planet Rheton , who has the ability to move through galaxies to escape enemies. When a spaceship sent from Earth lands on him, astronaut Capt. Chapman creates the atmosphere, which makes him shrink to the size of about 8 inches. He discovers that beings of his current size, under the leadership of Sessom, have converted the planet into a spaceship to defend themselves against the solarites - large monsters that the dwarf people want to eat. Chapman helps in their fight against the enemy and in the end has to leave the silent Zetha, who has fallen in love with him, alone.
Remarks
The film is now freely viewable as public domain .
Web links
- The Phantom Planet in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Phantom Planet as a complete film in the Internet Archive