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The Phantom Planet

Year:

1961

Duration:

82 min

Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

IMDB rate:

3.1

Director:

William Marshall

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1961-12-13

Cast

Actor

Character

Dolores Faith

The Phantom Planet

Dean Fredericks

Capt. Frank Chapman

Coleen Gray

Liara

Anthony Dexter

Herron

Francis X. Bushman

Sessom

Richard Weber

Lt. Ray Makonnen

Al Jarvis

Judge Eden

Dick Haynes

Col. Lansfield

Earl McDaniels

Capt. Leonard (as Earl McDaniel)

Mike Marshall

Lt. White

John Herrin

Capt. Beecher

Mel Curtis

Lt. Cutler

Jimmy Weldon

Lt. Webb

Akemi Tani

Communications Officer

Lori Lyons

Radar Officer

Richard Kiel

The Solarite

Susan Cembrowska

Juror

Marissa Mathes

Juror (as Merissa Mathes)

Gloria Moreland

Juror

Judy Erickson

Juror

Sally Carter-Ihnat

Juror (as Marya Carter)

Allyson Ames

Juror

Marian Thompson

Juror (as Marion Thompson)

Marvin Miller

Introductory Narrator (voice)

Leon Selznick

Narrator (voice) (as Leon D. Selznick)

Warrene Ott

Ipsalata (uncredited)

Angelique Pettyjohn

Juror (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The droning background sound on the planet is from the music library cue "Caliban [sometimes spelled Calibal] and Ariel' by Desmond Leslie' from "Vintage Sci-Fi" (JW 2073).

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The jurors are dressed like cheerleaders.

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The big-screen debut of Richard Kiel.

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Goofs

When Chapman is being pulled towards the asteroid he is sitting in the left-hand seat. After it lands he is sitting in the right hand seat.

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When Capt. Chapman first enters the scene in the beginning of the movie, he looks at his wrist to check the time - but he is not wearing a watch.

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After arriving on the asteroid, Captain Chapman shrinks in size, while his clothes did not. The Captain fights with the other small people. You can briefly see his shorts in the fight scene inside the space suit.

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Quotes

Sessom: It's true that our technology may be further advanced than yours, but then strange things happened.

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Sessom: We are able to translate all languages with voice tone waves.

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Narrator: What the future will reveal of this story is only the beginning, only the beginning, only the beginning...

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