THE WILD WILD PLANET (1965)

[Xenorama ™]

Tony Russel .... Commander Mike Halstead
Lisa Gastoni .... Lt. Connie Gomez
Massimo Serato .... Mr. Nurmi
Carlo Giustini .... Ken, Lieutenant (as Charles Justin)
Franco Nero .... Jake, Lieutenant
Enzo Fiermonte .... General Fowler
Umberto Raho .... General Paul Maitland (as Bert Raho)
Vittorio Bonos .... Anton Fryd, as a dwarf (as Victor Bonos)
Aldo Canti (as Aldo Kant)
Franco Doria (as Frank Doris)
Margherita Horowitz .... Vicky Halstead (as Margaret Horowitz)
Carlo Kechler .... Werner (as Karl Mechler)
Rodolfo Lodi .... Claridge (as Rudolph Lodin)
Renato Montalbano .... Detective

a fun Italian space opera, the first of four movies in the "series". a mad scientist uses his corporations labs as a eugenics lab.

cool sets and colors and Italian women abound! directed by "Anthony Dawson" aka Antonio Margheriti. TCM has shown a 35mm print, looks good.

[amphiboid]

Ohhhhhhhh yeah. I recall seeing this many times on TV in the 70's. And it was one of the weirdest things I saw on TV...very vividly weird! The whole thing about shrinking people to doll size and carrying them around in suitcases...this movie is just strange. Always loved it. It was probably better then because the effects didn't seem "cheesy" then. But still quite a bit of fun nowadays too.