Space Men is a 1960 science fiction film

Science fiction film

Science fiction film is a film genre that uses science fiction: speculative, science-based depictions of phenomena that are not necessarily accepted by mainstream science, such as extraterrestrial life forms, alien worlds, extrasensory perception, and time travel, often along with futuristic...

 starring Rik Van Nutter

Rik Van Nutter

Rik Van Nutter , was an American actor who appeared in many minor films, but is most famous for playing the third version of Felix Leiter in the James Bond movie Thunderball. He also had a role alongside Peter Ustinov in Romanoff and Juliet...

 and directed by Antonio Margheriti

Antonio Margheriti

Antonio Margheriti , also known under the pseudonym Anthony M. Dawson, was a prolific Italian filmmaker. He was born in Rome and died in 2002 from a heart attack in Monterosi, Viterbo, near Rome at the age of 72....

. It follows an assignment by Interplanetary News reporter Ray Peterson aboard a space station

Space station

A space station is a spacecraft capable of supporting a crew which is designed to remain in space for an extended period of time, and to which other spacecraft can dock. A space station is distinguished from other spacecraft used for human spaceflight by its lack of major propulsion or landing...

 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

Earth

Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets...

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The film was released in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 as part of a triple bill with the East German film First Spaceship on Venus

First Spaceship on Venus

First Spaceship on Venus, German: Der schweigende Stern , Polish: Milcząca Gwiazda, is a 1960 East German/Polish film directed by Kurt Maetzig and based on the novel The Astronauts by Stanisław Lem...

and the Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese film The Mysterians

The Mysterians

The Mysterians, released in Japan as , is a tokusatsu science fiction film produced and released by Toho Studios in 1957. It was directed by the "Golden Duo" of Ishirō Honda and Eiji Tsuburaya . It is notable for being the first tokusatsu filmed in TohoScope and the first Toho film to use...

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Cast

Actor	Role
Rik Van Nutter Rik Van Nutter Rik Van Nutter , was an American actor who appeared in many minor films, but is most famous for playing the third version of Felix Leiter in the James Bond movie Thunderball. He also had a role alongside Peter Ustinov in Romanoff and Juliet...	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