The Doomsday Machine (1972)

A poorly made cheap sci-fi throwback or a sci-fi crappy cult classic?You be the  judge!

Directed by Herbert J. Leder, Harry Hope, Lee SholemWritten by Stuart J. Byrne
Produced by Harry Hope
Cinematography: Stanley Cortez
Distributed by Cine-Find
Running time: 83 minutes

Cast

Bobby Van as Danny
Ruta Lee as Dr. Marion Turner
Mala Powers as Maj. Georgianna Bronski
James Craig as Dr. Haines
Grant Williams as Maj. Kurt Mason
Henry Wilcoxon as Dr. Christopher Perry
Essie Lin Chia as Girl Spy
Casey Kasem as Mission Control Officer
Lorri Scott as Lt. Katie Carlson
Denny Miller as Col. Don Price
Mike Farrell as 1st Reporter

Trailer

A Red Chinese "doomsday machine" capable of destroying the surface of the Earth!

A plan to use the Doomsday machine within a matter of days

A manned U.S. space mission to Venus, ‘Project Astra’ taken over by the military!

Nearly half of Astra’s all-male crew replaced by women!But Why?

The Earth completely destroyed in a global cataclysm!

Is the human race doomed to extinction?

What of the crew of the Astra as they journey to Venus?

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The Bamboo Saucer (1968)

 

A well-paced Cold War sci-fi action parable of geo-political mutual suspicion and cooperation with a lesson to be learned.

Directed by Frank Telford
Screenplay by Frank Telford
Story by Alford Van Ronkle, John P. Fulton
Produced by Charles E. Burns, Jerry Fairbanks
Cinematography: Hal Mohr
Edited by Richard A. Harris
Music by Edward Paul
Production companies: National Telefilm Associates, Jerry Fairbanks Productions
Distributed by World Entertainment Corp.
Running time: 103 minutes

Cast

Dan Duryea as Hank Peters
John Ericson as Test Pilot Fred Norwood
Lois Nettleton as Anna Karachev
Robert Hastings as Garson
Vincent Beck as Zagorsky
Bernard Fox as Ephram
Robert Dane as Miller
Rico Cattani as Dubovsky
James Hong as Sam Archibald
Bartlett Robinson as Rhodes
Nick Katurich as Gadyakoff
William Mims as Joe Vetry
Nan Leslie as Dorothy Vetry
Andy Romano as Blanchard
Frank Gerstle as control room technician

The 1960s Cold War….

A flying saucer…..

American and Soviet Russian teams in Communist China!

What on earth (if not from Earth) connects these seemingly disparate elements?

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