Starring James Olson, Catherine Schell, Warren Mitchell, Adrienne Corri, Ori Levy
Directed by Roy Ward Baker
(actor & director credits courtesy IMDB.com)
A space pilot is hired by an unscrupulous millionaire to crash an asteroid loaded with gemstones onto the moon.
An offbeat departure from British studio Hammer Films' usual output, this is an entertaining sci-fi adventure with a good story and a nice lead performance by James Olson. Promoted as a "space western," it features western staples like shootouts and a barfight, but doesn't quite emphasize these scenes enough to capture the flavor of an Old West adventure. The special effects are serviceable, not particularly well-done, but come off well enough to enhance the story where they need to. Where the film is most interesting in its depiction of a moon city and the barren lifeless surface outside it, and the burgeoning romance between Olson and Schell, who's quite fetching, even in a bulky spacesuit.
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