The Terrornauts

The Terrornauts
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMontgomery Tully
Written byJohn Brunner
Based onThe Wailing Asteroid
by Murray Leinster
Produced byMax Rosenberg
Milton Subotsky
StarringSimon Oates
Zena Marshall
Charles Hawtrey
Patricia Hayes
CinematographyGeoffrey Faithfull
Edited byPeter Musgrave
Music byElisabeth Lutyens
Production
company
Distributed byAnglo Embassy
Release dates
  • February 1967 (1967-02) (US)
  • August 1971 (1971-08) (UK)
Running time
75 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£85,332[1]

The Terrornauts is a 1967 British science fiction film directed by Montgomery Tully and starring Simon Oates and Zena Marshall. It was produced by Amicus Productions and based on the 1960 novel The Wailing Asteroid by Murray Leinster, adapted for screen by John Brunner.[2] Space scientists foil an alien invasion of Earth.

  1. ^ Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 361
  2. ^ "The Terrornauts". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 22 October 2023.