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. Joe Freed: Who would have thought a thing like this could happen on a day like this!
- Crazy creditsOpening credits shown over a missile flying through a group of stars.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Weirdo with Wadman: The Lost Missile (1964)
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Nostalgic Fifties Shock Cinema
I remember watching "Lost Missile" (actually throwing a fit until my brother and several cousins at whose home I was an overnight guest agreed to watch it with me - I was, from time to time, the Eric Cartman of the 1960s - sorry, guys) and being somewhat embarrassed when the sustained wave of million-degree heat emerged as a plot device - even as a second-grader I knew that a mere missile just couldn't carry the energy around for that much heat or devastation over more than the duration and limited radius of a nuclear detonation.
My inflicting that turkey on loving relatives was a self-punishing crime.
The film's production values were very good. The acting isn't bad (apart from the Shatnerism of the actor who played a governor's aide that someone else here mentioned).
But the idea of a missile Easy-Baking the surface of the Earth by means of the heat of its exhaust... no.
How'd the people at "Mystery Science Theater 3000" miss "The Lost Missile," anyway?
It's a great classic of unintentional comedy - watch it if you want something to drink beer to some weekend.
My inflicting that turkey on loving relatives was a self-punishing crime.
The film's production values were very good. The acting isn't bad (apart from the Shatnerism of the actor who played a governor's aide that someone else here mentioned).
But the idea of a missile Easy-Baking the surface of the Earth by means of the heat of its exhaust... no.
How'd the people at "Mystery Science Theater 3000" miss "The Lost Missile," anyway?
It's a great classic of unintentional comedy - watch it if you want something to drink beer to some weekend.
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- vfrickey
- Nov 29, 2008
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- Das rote Telefon... Alarm!
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- Runtime1 hour 10 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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