Space Men

Assignment Outer Space

Directed by	Antonio Margheriti
Produced by	Samuel Z. Arkoff Hugo Grimaldi
Written by	Ennio De Concini Jack Wallace
Starring	Rik Van Nutter Gabriella Farinon David Montresor
Music by	Lelio Luttazzi (as J.K. Broady) Gordon Zahler Carlo Savina (uncredited)
Cinematography	Marcello Masciocchi
Distributed by	American International Pictures
Release dates	25 August 1960
Running time	73 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Space Men (released in the USA as Assignment Outer Space) is a 1960 science fiction film starring Rik Van Nutter and directed by Antonio Margheriti. It follows an assignment by Interplanetary News reporter Ray Peterson aboard a space station in the 21st century. Despite problems with the base commander, he is eventually responsible for stopping a space ship which threatens to destroy the Earth.

Cast

Actor	Role
Rik Van Nutter	Ray Peterson (IZ41)
Gabriella Farinon	Lucy (Y13)
David Montresor	George the Commander
Archie Savage	Al (X15)
Alain Dijon	Archie (Y16)
Franco Fantasia	Sullivan
Joe Pollini	King 116
David Maran	Davis
José Néstor	Venus Commander
Anita Todesco	Venus Control
Aldo Pini	Jacson

Release

Released to theaters in the USA on a triple bill with the East German film Spaceship on Venus (1960) and the Japanese film The Mysterians (1957).

References

Wingrove, David. Science Fiction Film Source Book (Longman Group Limited, 1985)

External links

Space Men at the Internet Movie Database
Space Men is available for free download at the Internet Archive
Space Men at AllMovie
Assignment: Outer Space at Google Videos

Films directed by Antonio Margheriti

1960s	Space Men (1960) Battle of the Worlds (1961) The Golden Arrow (1962) The Fall of Rome (1963) Castle of Blood (1963) Horror Castle (1963) Devil of the Desert Against the Son of Hercules (1964) Hercules, Prisoner of Evil (1964) Giants of Rome (1964) The Long Hair of Death (1964) Wild, Wild Planet (1965) War Between the Planets (1966) Snow Devils (1965) War of the Planets (1966) Lightning Bolt (1966) Bob Fleming... Mission Casablanca (1966) Dynamite Joe (1967) Naked You Die (1968) Io ti amo (1968) Vengeance (1968) The Unnaturals (1969)

1970s	Mr. Superinvisible (1970) And God Said to Cain (1970) Web of the Spider (1971) House of 1,000 Pleasures (1972) Treasure Island (1972) Novelle galeotte d'amore (1972) Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye (1973) Mr Hercules vs Karate (1973) The Stranger and the Gunfighter (1974) Take a Hard Ride (1975) The Rip-Off (1975) Death Rage (1976) Killer Fish (1978)

1980s - 1990s	Cannibal Apocalypse (1980) The Last Hunter (1980) Car Crash (1981) Hunters of the Golden Cobra (1982) Tiger Joe (1982) The Ark of the Sun God (1983) Yor, the Hunter from the Future (1983) Last Blood (1983) Code Name: Wild Geese (1984) Jungle Raiders (1985) Commando Leopard (1985) Treasure Island in Outer Space (1987) The Commander (1988) Alien From the Deep (1989) Indio (1989) Indio 2: The Revolt (1991) Genghis Khan: The Story of a Lifetime (1993) Virtual Weapon (1997)

Space Men

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