First Man Into Space
Date: 1959
Director: Robert Day
Production Company: Amalgamated Productions
Stars: Marshall Thompson, Marla Landi, Robert Ayres, Bill Nagy, Carl Jaffe, Bill Edwards
Location(s): London, New Mexico, New York
Region(s): London E-G, N. America
Storyline:
People and animals are killed by a creature with a craving for blood after a Navy test pilot in an experimental rocket plane becomes the first man to fly outside the ionosphere.
Additional Information:
Screen captures by Phil Wilkinson
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The plane carrying Lieutenant Dan Prescott and the high altitude, rocket-powered Y-12 takes off. Shot in England, extensive use of stock footage is used in this production.
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Binoculars are aimed skywards at the monitoring station.
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US Navy Commander Charles "Chuck" Prescott keeps track of the flight by radar as his brother Dan transfers into the Y-12. IMDb lists New Mexico as a location as well as Brooklyn, New York for the US Air Force base scenes.
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Following the Y-12's return to Earth after difficulties were experienced, the Commander finds Lieutenant Prescott at Tia Francesca's apartment.
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Commander Prescott arrives at the Naval Development Center in Alvera.
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From his room at the base, Dan watches a rocket launch as his brother advises him that he's to pilot the Y-13.
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After ordering Dan to report to Dr. Paul von Essen, Commander Charles Prescott (Marshall Thompson) leaves the building.
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The Commander watches as the Y-13's rocket motors are tested.
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Following successful testing, Y-13 is wheeled into position for launch.
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After Dan disobeys orders and takes Y-13 into space, Commander Prescott drives to Alvarado, New Mexico where dead cattle are found near the crash site.
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While the encrustation enveloping the recovered Y-13 is examined by the Navy, a hospital blood bank in Alameda is raided and a Nurse killed by an unknown intruder.
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Fighter planes take off from the base as Commander Prescott shows Captain Ben Richards the Santa Fe Daily News headlines reading "Terror Roams State".
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With Dan Prescott still missing, the Commander returns to the farm to examine the dead cattle.
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At Milly's dinner outside Los Alamos, a horrific creature appears from the bushes and kills a Truck Driver before driving away towards Green Valley.
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Commander Prescott arrives at the US Navy's Space Medicine Project. Geoff Dodd has provided us with details of the location. Inverforth House, North End Way, Hampstead, London NW3. Grade ll listed, it is now converted into two houses and seven apartments, its interesting history is available on Wikipedia. This view of the house is from the gateway that separates the garage area. (RL)
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The camera finds the Oldsmobile as it approaches the entrance to the Scientific Section. Inverforth House, North End Way, Hampstead, London NW3 as advised by Geoff Dodd. The property also features in 'Bartleby' and 'Private Road'.
Taken from the more northern gate. SJ
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The Commander enters the building where he asks to see Miss Francesca.
Undoubtedly the same entrance on the east side of Inverforth House. SJ
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With the results of tests carried out on the Y-13's strange covering explained, Commander Prescott returns to the base where he concludes that the monster roaming the state is his brother Dan.
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As the deaths continue, a Police Car chases an erratically driven Chevrolet. Hampstead Heath in London NW11.
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After Dan kills again, Police Chief Wilson (Bill Nagy) and Captain Ben Richards (Robert Ayres) arrive at the Space Medicine Project carrying his space helmet. The book Interviews with "B" Science Fiction and Horror Movie Makers: Writers, Producers, Directors, Actors, Moguls and Makeup by Tom Weaver (ISBN-13: 978-0786428588) advises that scenes were shot in a mansion on Hampstead Heath as well as on the heath itself.
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Police Officers rush into the building when the disfigured Dan crashes through the doors of the room where Commander Prescott and Tia are speaking.