Spaceflight IC-1
Spaceflight IC-1, also known as Space Spaceflight IC-1: An Adventure in Space, is a 1965 British science-fiction movie directed by Bernard Knowles and starring Bill Williams and Norma West.[1] It was written by Harry Spalding (as Henry Cross). The civilized world is controlled by an all-powerful computerised government which sends colonists into space.
| Spaceflight IC-1 | |
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| Directed by | Bernard Knowles |
| Written by | Henry Cross |
| Produced by | Robert Lippert Jack Parsons |
| Starring | Bill Williams Norma West John Cairney |
| Cinematography | Geoffrey Faithfull |
| Edited by | Robert Winter Colin Miller |
| Music by | Elisabeth Lutyens Philip Martell |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release dates |
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Running time | 65 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Plot summary edit
In 2015, spaceship IC-1 (Interstellar Colony #1) travels toward a planet similar to Earth to explore the possibility it could solve the Earth's population problems. The crew comprises Captain Mead Ralston, his wife Jan, Drs. Steven and Helen Thomas, two other married couples, and four people – "animates" – in suspended animation. One year into the voyage, Helen is found to have a fatal pancreatic infection that can only be cured if the ship returns to Earth, but Ralston refuses to turn back. When he denies her permission to have another child, she commits suicide.
Steven Thomas and some of the other crew members mutiny and imprison Ralston. He escapes and forces the crew to obey him by threatening to destroy the ship. Ignoring the crew's warnings he releases one of the "animates" who kills him before dying of complications from the thawing-out process. The ship goes on under Thomas's leadership.
Cast edit
- Bill Williams as Capt. Mead Ralston
- Norma West as Jan Ralston
- John Cairney as Dr. Steven Thomas
- Jeremy Longhurst as John Saunders, Chief Engineer
- Donald Churchill as Carl Wolcott
- Kathleen Breck as Kate Saunders
- Margo McLennan as Joyce Wolcott (credited as Margo Mayne)
- Linda Marlowe as Dr. Helen Thomas
- John Lee as Dr. Garth
- Andrew Downie as Capt. Burnett (spacestation)
- Mark Lester as Don Saunders
- Stuart Middleton as Michael Thomas
- Anthony Honour as Robert Wolcott
- Tony Doonan as Dr. Griffith
- Chuck Julian as Webster
Production edit
The film was shot in England at Shepperton Studios. It was one of several films that Robert L. Lippert made with Jack Parsons in England. Writer Harry Spalding said the film was inspired by space exploration at the time. "There was a lot of talk back then that if people were ever having to go to fly to Mars they'd have to be frozen for the trip and revived when they got there."[2]
References edit
- ^ "Spaceflight IC-1". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ^ Weaver, Tom (19 February 2003). Double Feature Creature Attack: A Monster Merger of Two More Volumes of Classic Interviews. McFarland. p. 332. ISBN 9780786482153.
External links edit
- Spaceflight IC-1 at IMDb
- Spaceflight IC-1 at AllMovie
- Spaceflight IC-1 at the TCM Movie Database