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The Lost Missile is a 1958 science fiction film which was originally slated to be directed by William A. Berke, who was also executive producer of the film. The screenplay was co-written by John McPartland and the longtime science-fiction writer Jerome Bixby, and starred a young Robert Loggia. When William Berke suddenly died as filming was set to begin, his son Lester Wm. Berke (who had come up with the original story) took over the direction.
A low-budget film that relied heavily on stock footage of military forces and civil defense exercises, it carried a Cold War-era message of the importance of the work done by scientists and the military in protecting the nation from external threats.
The concept of the atomic-powered cruise missile doomsday weapon was similar to that of the U.S. Air Force's 1957's Project Pluto.
Original Release
12/01/1958
US Release
12/01/1958
Cast
Name | Character |
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Robert Loggia | Dr. David Loring |
Ellen Parker | Joan Wood / Joan Woods |
Phillip Pine | Dr. Joe Freed |
Larry Kerr | General Barr |
Marilee Earle | Ella Freed |
Fred Engelberg | TV Singer |
Kitty Kelly | Mama - Ella's Mother / Ella's Mother |
Selmer Jackson | Secretary of State / The Secretary of State |
Hari Rhodes | Black Man at Piano |
Shirley J. Shawn | Black Woman by Piano |
Directors
Lester Wm. Berke, William Berke
Writers
Lester Wm. Berke, William Berke, John McPartland, Jerome Bixby
Cast
Name | Character |
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Robert Loggia | Dr. David Loring |
Ellen Parker | Joan Wood / Joan Woods |
Phillip Pine | Dr. Joe Freed |
Larry Kerr | General Barr |
Marilee Earle | Ella Freed |
Fred Engelberg | TV Singer |
Kitty Kelly | Mama - Ella's Mother / Ella's Mother |
Selmer Jackson | Secretary of State / The Secretary of State |
Hari Rhodes | Black Man at Piano |
Shirley J. Shawn | Black Woman by Piano |
J. Anthony Hughes | Governor of New York |
Robert Busch | |
Jack Holland | Harold |
John McNamara | Civil Aeronautics Board Officer / CONAD Colonel |
Mike Steele | CONAD 3-Star General / CONAD General |
Cecil Elliott | Harold's Wife |
Viola Harris | |
Don Pethley | |
Myron Cook | |
Mark Dunhill |
Producers
Name | Role |
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William Berke | Executive Producer |
Lee Gordon | Producer |