The Phantom Planet

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The Phantom Planet
Directed by William Marshall
Starring Dean Fredericks
Coleen Gray
Francis X. Bushman
Richard Kiel
Merissa Mathes
Release date(s) 1961
Running time 90 min.
Country Flag of the United States United States
Language English
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The Phantom Planet is a (1961) science fiction film.

[edit] Plot

The lead character, astronaut Frank Chapman, played by Dean Fredericks, while traveling though space encounters a race of tiny people on a distant planet. Due to the planet's unusual atmosphere, he is shrunk to six inches in size. Before he finds the remedy to this situation, he is lured by two beautiful women and decides to help the inhabitants of the planet battle invading monsters.

The movie was later featured in an episode of movie-mocking television series Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K).

[edit] DVD releases

  • The original cut of The Phantom Planet has had multiple "bargain bin" releases.
  • The MST3K version of the film was released by Rhino Home Video as part of the Collection, Volume 8 DVD set.
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