Space Men

Space Men is a 1960 Italian science fiction film starring Rik Van Nutter and directed by Antonio Margheriti. It follows an assignment by Interplanetary News reporter Ray Peterson aboard a space station in the 22nd century. Despite problems with the base commander, he is eventually responsible for stopping a space ship which threatens to destroy the Earth.

The film was made from a script written by Margheriti and Ennio De Concini. The film was shot the same time director Mario Bava was filming Black Sunday on a sound stage the next door.Space Men opened in Rome in August of 1960 where it was distributed by Titanus. Its United States premiere was under the title of Assignment Outer Space, in San Diego on December1961. ........

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