Aliens from the constellation Hydra crash-land on the island of Sardinia. A prominent scientist, his daughter, several young technicians, and a pair of Oriental spies are taken hostage by the beings so they can use them to repair their spaceship's broken engine. With that done, they take off towards their home planet, taking the earthlings with them. However, the humans attempt to mutiny against their captors, inadvertently sending their tiny spaceship hurtling into the infinite beyond...
Costume
Alien leotards that scream 'we raided a ballet warehouse.'
Practical Effects
Spaceship interiors apparently built from egg cartons and hope.
Director
Pietro Francisci
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released in Italy as '2+5: Missione Hydra,' this was Pietro Francisci's desperate pivot from sword-and-sandal epics to cash in on the space race. The 'Oriental spies' subplot was added purely to appeal to Eurospy craze audiences.
American distributor Joseph E. Levine bought this cheap, slapped on the Star Pilot title, and marketed it as a lost 1950s film to exploit Star Trek mania—despite it being visibly 1966.
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