War of the Satellites

War of the Satellites
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Roger Corman
Written by	Lawrence Goldman
Based on	story by Jack Rabin Irvin Block
Produced by	Roger Corman
Starring	Dick Miller Susan Cabot Richard Devon
Music by	Walter Greene
Production company	Santa Cruz Productions
Distributed by	Allied Artists
Release date	May 18, 1958 (1958-05-18)
Running time	66 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$70,000 (estimated)

War of the Satellites is a 1958 independently made American black-and-white science fiction film drama, produced and directed by Roger Corman, and starring Richard Devon, Dick Miller and Susan Cabot. It was distributed in the U.S. and the U.K. by Allied Artists. In the U.S., it was released as a double feature with Attack of the 50 Foot Woman.

The low-budget feature was rapidly conceived, filmed and released to exploit the international media frenzy around the launch of the Russian Sputnik satellite, the first in space.^[1]

In the film, an "unknown force" declares war against Earth when the United Nations disobeys its warnings against assembling and launching the first satellite into space.