Assignment: Outer Space
Year: 1960
Genre: Science Fiction, Adventure
Studio: Titanus, Ultra Film
Director: Antonio Margheriti
Cast: Rik Van Nutter, Gabriella Farinon, David Montresor, Archie Savage, Alain Dijon, Franco Fantasia
Crew: Antonio Margheriti (Director), Ennio De Concini (Writer), Samuel Z. Arkoff (Executive Producer), Hugo Grimaldi (Producer), Lelio Luttazzi (Original Music Composer), Marcello Masciocchi (Director of Photography)
Runtime: 73 minutes
Release: Aug 25, 1960
IMDb: 3.80/10 by 25 users
Popularity: 1
Country: Italy
Language: Italiano
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0

This film is quite curious - much of the dialogue appears to be dubbed but only some from Italian, the rest from English. Makes me wonder which market this sci-fi yarn was ever intended for. It also looks pretty colourised, though claims to be in Technicolor - which it certainly isn't. That's about all, sadly, that is of interest in this rather dreary tale of a journalist aboard a spacecraft who has a distinct personality clash with the commander. To make matters worse, another craft with the potential to destroy all living things on Earth has entered the Solar System and our disgruntled rocketeers have to try and disable it. Lots of slow panning shots and smouldering close ups, ropey effects and a mechanical sounding soundtrack (almost bell tolling) fail to get this going. It's just dull.