The Day the Sky Exploded (1958)

Year: 1958

IMDb Rating: 4.5/10

Genres: Sci-Fi

Directors: Mario Bava, Paolo Heusch

Cast: Fiorella Mari, Paul Hubschmid, Madeleine Fischer, Ivo Garrani

The first manned flight will send a man to the moon from a launch site in Cape Shark in Australian. The American pilot John MacLeran is selected from three finalists to be the pilot. The rocket climbs into Earth orbit just fine, but in trying to leave from there toward the moon, the rocket becomes unstable. He has to abort the mission and return in his passenger capsule. The balance of the atomic rocket keeps going and explodes in the Delta asteroid cluster. The detonation dislodges a group of asteroids from their orbits. they coalesce into a cluster and begin hurtling on a collision course with Earth. Scientists determine that in passing the moon, gravitational disruption will cause tidal waves. Military teams everywhere are trying to evacuate coastal residents to higher ground. At the last minute, MacLaren suggests that all Earth nations who belong to the nuclear club, fire their missiles into the meteor cluster. One scientist, convinced the looming disaster is a divine punishment for playing with nuclear energy, tries to prevent crucial trajectory calculations for the missiles being completed.

The Day the Sky Exploded (Italian: La morte viene dallo spazio, lit. 'Death Comes From Space'), released in the United Kingdom as Death Comes From Outer Space, is a 1958 science fiction film. The film was an international co-production between Italy and France with Royal Film, Lux Film and Lux Compagnie Cinématographique. It is known as the first Italian science fiction film, predating even the science fiction films of Antonio Margheriti.

Title: La morte viene dallo spazio Summary: Scientists discover that a group of meteors are hurtling on a collison course with Earth, and if they hit, the planet will be destroyed. Directed by: Paolo Heusch, Mario Bava Actors: Production Company: Royal Film Release Date: 27 September 1961 (USA) Aspect Ratio: REMOVE_TAG Scientists discover that a group of meteors are hurtling on a collison course with Earth, and if they hit, the planet will be destroyed.