Spaceflight IC-1
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Spaceflight IC-1: An Adventure in Space is a 1965 BW (Black/White) United Kingdom Sci-Fi movie starring Bill Williams
and Norma West
. The civilized world is controlled by an all-powerful computerized government that is carefully choosing colonists for its newest space launch. The candidates are selected on the basis of their age, health and IQ.
The director was Bernard Knowles
and the writer was Harry Spalding.
), his wife Jan (Norma West
), Drs. Steven (John Cairney
) and Helen Thomas (Linda Marlowe
), two other married couples, and four people in suspended animation. Helen is found to have an incurable pancreatic infection, but Ralston refuses to turn back; and when he denies her permission to have another child, she commits suicide.
Steven and the other crew members mutiny and imprison Captain Ralston, but they are forced to succumb to Ralston when he threatens to destroy the ship. Ralston plans to execute Steven. Ignoring the warnings of the crew, he releases one of the "animates" by raising the temperature of the compartment in which it is suspended, and the "animate" kills him before dying. The ship goes on under Steven's leadership.
Bill Williams (actor)
Bill Williams was an American television and film actor. He is best known for his starring role in the early 1950 television show The Adventures of Kit Carson.-Career:...
and Norma West
Norma West
Norma West is a British actress, born 19 November 1943 in Cape Town, South Africa.Her most prolific television appearance was as Queen Elizabeth of York in the 1972 BBC series The Shadow of the Tower. Other TV roles include Ace of Wands, A Touch of Frost, Lovejoy, The Murder at the Vicarage...
. The civilized world is controlled by an all-powerful computerized government that is carefully choosing colonists for its newest space launch. The candidates are selected on the basis of their age, health and IQ.
The director was Bernard Knowles
Bernard Knowles
Bernard Knowles was an English film director, producer, cinematographer and screenwriter. Born in Manchester, Knowles worked with Alfred Hitchcock on numerous occasions before the director emigrated to Hollywood...
and the writer was Harry Spalding.
Plot summary
In the year 2015, spaceship IC-1 travels toward a planet similar to Earth to explore the possibility that the population problem on Earth can eventually be solved there. IC-1 's crew consists of Capt. Mead Ralston (Bill WilliamsBill Williams
-People:* Bill Williams , American film actor* Bill Williams , original member of The Lockers* Bill Williams Designer and programmer of Atari 8-bit and Amiga games...
), his wife Jan (Norma West
Norma West
Norma West is a British actress, born 19 November 1943 in Cape Town, South Africa.Her most prolific television appearance was as Queen Elizabeth of York in the 1972 BBC series The Shadow of the Tower. Other TV roles include Ace of Wands, A Touch of Frost, Lovejoy, The Murder at the Vicarage...
), Drs. Steven (John Cairney
John Cairney
John Cairney is a Scottish film and television actor.-Partial filmography:* Ill Met by Moonlight * Miracle in Soho * Windom's Way * A Night to Remember * Operation Bullshine...
) and Helen Thomas (Linda Marlowe
Linda Marlowe
-Selected filmography:* That Kind of Girl * The World Ten Times Over * The Americanization of Emily * The Man Outside * The Ballad of Tam Lin * Night After Night After Night * Big Zapper...
), two other married couples, and four people in suspended animation. Helen is found to have an incurable pancreatic infection, but Ralston refuses to turn back; and when he denies her permission to have another child, she commits suicide.
Steven and the other crew members mutiny and imprison Captain Ralston, but they are forced to succumb to Ralston when he threatens to destroy the ship. Ralston plans to execute Steven. Ignoring the warnings of the crew, he releases one of the "animates" by raising the temperature of the compartment in which it is suspended, and the "animate" kills him before dying. The ship goes on under Steven's leadership.
Cast
- Bill Williams Bill Williams (actor)Bill Williams was an American television and film actor. He is best known for his starring role in the early 1950 television show The Adventures of Kit Carson.-Career:...
as Capt. Mead Ralston - Norma WestNorma WestNorma West is a British actress, born 19 November 1943 in Cape Town, South Africa.Her most prolific television appearance was as Queen Elizabeth of York in the 1972 BBC series The Shadow of the Tower. Other TV roles include Ace of Wands, A Touch of Frost, Lovejoy, The Murder at the Vicarage...
as Jan Ralston - John CairneyJohn CairneyJohn Cairney is a Scottish film and television actor.-Partial filmography:* Ill Met by Moonlight * Miracle in Soho * Windom's Way * A Night to Remember * Operation Bullshine...
as Dr. Steven Thomas - Jeremy Longhurst as John Saunders, Chief Engineer
- Donald Churchill as Carl Wolcott
- Kathleen Breck as Kate Saunders
- Margo McLennanMargo McLennanMargo McLennan was a British actress known for her role in the Australian soap opera Prisoner. Born Eileen Marguerite McMenemy in Peckham, London she originally trained to be an ice skater before becoming an actress....
as Joyce Wolcott (as Margo Mayne) - Linda MarloweLinda Marlowe-Selected filmography:* That Kind of Girl * The World Ten Times Over * The Americanization of Emily * The Man Outside * The Ballad of Tam Lin * Night After Night After Night * Big Zapper...
as Dr. Helen Thomas - John LeeJohn Lee- Politicians and government officials :*John Lee, Baron Lee of Trafford , former Minister and Conservative Member of Parliament for Pendle, 1979–1992...
as Dr. Garth - Andrew Downie as Capt. Burnett (Spacestation)
- Mark LesterMark LesterMark Lester is an English former child actor known for playing the title role in the 1968 musical film version of Oliver! and starring in a number of other British and European films of the 1960s and 70s and in a number of television series.-Early life and film career:Lester was born in Oxford,...
as Don Saunders - Stuart Middleton as Michael Thomas
- Anthony Honour as Robert Wolcott
- Tony Doonan as Dr. Griffith
- Chuck Julian as Webster