Space Men (AKA Assignment Outer Space)
Directed by Antonio Margheriti
Written by Ennio De Concini and Jack Wallace
1960/Italy
Titanus/Ultra Film
First viewing/Amazon Instant
[box] “The three rules of the Librarians of Time and Space are: 1) Silence; 2) Books must be returned no later than the last date shown; and 3) Do not interfere with the nature of causality.” ― Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards![/box]
This dud doesn’t even have an alien.
It is 2016. World’s most obnoxious reporter Ray Peterson tags along on what should be a fairly routine mission and bickers with the captain the entire way. A female navigator is also on board for the obligatory romance and there is a saintly old man to deliver life lessons. Eventually, another spaceship runs amok somehow and threatens to destroy Earth within the next 24 hours. Yadda, yadda, yadda.
This Americanized Italian production has nothing to recommend it. The dubbing could not have possibly hurt. The color in the Amazon print had faded almost to nothingness.
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