Space-Men

Space Men
Directed byAntonio Margheriti[1]
Screenplay by
Starring
CinematographyMarcello Masciocchi[2]
Music byLelio Luttazzi[1]
Production
companies
Distributed byTitanus
Release date
  • August 1960 (1960-08) (Italy)
Running time
73 minutes
CountryItaly[2]

Space-Men (known as Assignment: Outer Space in the United States)[2] is a 1960 Italian science fiction film directed by Antonio Margheriti. The film stars Rik Van Nutter and co-stars Gabriella Farinon, David Montresor, Archie Savage, and Alain Dijon. The film was released in the United States in 1961 by American International Pictures.

Space-Men's storyline recounts a mission in the 22nd century aboard an orbiting space station. The mission involves a risky effort by its crew to redirect a malfunctioning spaceship that threatens to destroy the Earth.

  1. ^ a b "Space Men" (Italian). Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved: 4 August 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "Assignment: Outer Space". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on 3 April 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  3. ^ Hardy 1984, p. 203.