Fire Maidens from Outer Space

Fire Maidens from Outer Space 1956, released in the USA as Fire Maidens of Outer Space, is a 78minute blackandwhite science fiction feature film. It was a British production, written, produced and directed by American filmmaker Cy Roth as a collaboration between Cy Roth Productions and Criterion Films, and distributed in the UK by Eros Films and in the USA by Topaz Film Co.. The film stars Anthony Dexter as the lead astronaut, Susan Shaw as a fire maiden who befriends him, Paul Carpenter as the expedition captain, and Jacqueline Curtis as the fire maiden leader. There were thirteen additional fire maidens. The music score features cues excerpted from the opera Prince Igor by Alexander Borodin.

The film featured a creature given no actual name in the film, a male hominid around six feet tall from Jupiters 13th moon. Described in the movie as a man with the head of a beast, the creature is slender, with dark, pitted skin and is impervious to bullets. The anonymous actor playing it wears dark, tightfitting clothing with clearly visible zippers.The Monthly Film Bulletin review credits Lito Carruthers as editor, and Scott MacGregor as assistant director. Although MacGregor is credited onscreen as production and art supervisor, John Pellatt receives screen credit as assistant director. Carruthers contribution to the film has not been confirmed. ........

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