An Air Force captain inadvertently volunteers to make the first manned flight around the moon. He immediately falls under the watchful protection of various security agencies, but despite all their precautions, a young woman who may be an enemy spy succeeds in making contact with the captain. The captain eventually discovers that this woman is not an enemy but rather a friend from a very unusual source.
Production
Gloriously fake NASA sets and cardboard rockets.
Costume
Dany Saval's mod alien chic steals every scene.
Director
James Neilson
Tom Tryon
Capt. Richmond Talbot
Brian Keith
Maj. Gen. John M. Vanneman
Edmond O'Brien
McClosky aka 'Mac'
Dany Saval
Lyrae
Bob Sweeney
Sen. Henry McGuire
Tommy Kirk
Walter Talbot
Kent Smith
Secretary of the Air Force
Sarah Selby
Mrs. Talbot
Nancy Kulp
Nutritionist Officer
Bert Remsen
Brennan
Harp McGuire
Federal Security Driver
Simon Scott
Medical Officer
Robert Brubaker
Space Flight Technician (uncredited)
Douglas Evans
Colonel (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released months before John Glenn's historic orbit, this accidentally predicted how America would mythologize astronauts as squeaky-clean heroes needing protection from temptation.
Tom Tryon quit acting after this to become a horror novelist; his book 'The Other' became a hit film. Apparently space camp broke him.
US
