First Man into Space

First Man into Space is a 1959 independently made British-American black-and-white science fiction-horror film directed by Robert Day and starring Marshall Thompson, Marla Landi, Bill Edwards, and Robert Ayres. It was produced by John Croydon, Charles F. Vetter, and Richard Gordon for Amalgamated Films and was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

This article is about the film. For the first human in space, see Yuri Gagarin.

First Man into Space
UK double-crown theatrical poster
Directed byRobert Day
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyGeoffrey Faithfull
Edited byPeter Mayhew
Music byBuxton Orr
Production
company
Amalgamated Productions
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • 27 February 1959 (1959-02-27)
Running time
78 min.
LanguageEnglish
Budget$131,000
Box office$635,000

The film is based on a story by Wyott Ordung, while the plot was developed from a script that had been pitched to and rejected by AIP.

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