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{{Short description|1967 British film by Bernard Knowles}}
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{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| name = Spaceflight IC-1
| name = Spaceflight IC-1
| image = Sfic1pos.jpg
| image = Sfic1pos.jpg

| image_size =
| caption = Original [[film poster]]
| caption = Original [[film poster]]
| director = [[Bernard Knowles]]
| director = [[Bernard Knowles]]
| producer = [[Robert Lippert]]<br/>[[Jack Parsons (producer)|producer]]
| producer = [[Robert Lippert]]<br/>Jack Parsons
| writer = [[Harry Spalding]]
| writer = [[Harry Spalding|Henry Cross]]
| narrator =
| narrator =
| starring = [[Bill Williams (actor)|Bill Williams]]<br>[[Norma West]]<br>[[John Cairney]]
| starring = [[Bill Williams (actor)|Bill Williams]]<br>[[Norma West]]<br>[[John Cairney]]
| music = [[Elisabeth Lutyens]]<br>[[Philip Martell]]
| music = [[Elisabeth Lutyens]]<br>[[Philip Martell]]
| cinematography = [[Geoffrey Faithfull]]
| cinematography = [[Geoffrey Faithfull]]
| editing = Robert Winter
| editing = Robert Winter<br>Colin Miller
| studio = [[Lippert Films]]
| studio = [[Lippert Films]]
| distributor = [[20th Century Fox]]
| distributor = [[20th Century Fox]]
| released = 1967
| released = {{film date|df=y|1967|7||UK}}{{film date|1965|10||USA}}
| runtime = 65 min.
| runtime = 65 minutes
| country = [[United Kingdom]]
| country = United Kingdom
| language = [[English-language|English]]
| language = English
| budget =
| budget =
| gross =
| gross =
| preceded_by =
| followed_by =
}}
}}


'''''Spaceflight IC-1: An Adventure in Space''''' is a 1965 BW (Black/White) United Kingdom Sci-Fi movie starring [[Bill Williams (actor)|Bill Williams]] and [[Norma West]]. The civilized world is controlled by an all-powerful computerized government that is carefully choosing colonists for its newest space launch. The candidates are selected on the basis of their age, health and IQ.<ref>http://www.answers.com/topic/spaceflight-ic-1</ref>
'''''Spaceflight IC-1''''', also known as '''''Space Spaceflight IC-1: An Adventure in Space''''', is a 1965 British science-fiction movie directed by [[Bernard Knowles]] and starring [[Bill Williams (actor)|Bill Williams]] and [[Norma West]].<ref name="BFIsearch">{{Cite web |title=Spaceflight IC-1 |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150029462 |access-date=29 December 2023 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}</ref> It was written by [[Harry Spalding]] (as Henry Cross). The civilized world is controlled by an all-powerful computerised government which sends colonists into space.
The director was [[Bernard Knowles]] and the writer was [[Harry Spalding]].


==Plot summary==
==Plot summary==
In the year 2015, spaceship IC-1 (Interstellar Colony #1) travels toward a planet similar to Earth to explore the possibility that the population problem on Earth can eventually be solved there. IC-1 's crew consists of Capt. Mead Ralston ([[Bill Williams (actor)|Bill Williams]]), his wife Jan ([[Norma West]]), Drs. Steven ([[John Cairney]]) and Helen Thomas ([[Linda Marlowe]]), two other married couples, and four people in suspended animation. One year into the voyage, Helen is found to have a fatal pancreatic infection that can only be cured if the ship returns to Earth, but Captain Ralston refuses to turn back; and when he denies her permission to have another child, she commits suicide.<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059744/</ref>
In 2015, spaceship IC-1 (Interstellar Colony #1) travels toward a planet similar to Earth to explore the possibility it could solve the Earth's population problems. The crew comprises Captain Mead Ralston, his wife Jan, Drs. Steven and Helen Thomas, two other married couples, and four people – "animates" – in suspended animation. One year into the voyage, Helen is found to have a fatal pancreatic infection that can only be cured if the ship returns to Earth, but Ralston refuses to turn back. When he denies her permission to have another child, she commits suicide.


Steven and some of the other crew members mutiny and imprison Captain Ralston. When Capt. Ralston escapes, he forces the crew to obey him by threatening to destroy the ship. Ralston plans to execute Steven. Ignoring the warnings of the crew, he releases one of the "animates" by raising the temperature of the compartment in which it is suspended, and the "animate" kills him before dying of complications caused by the thawing out process. The ship goes on under Steven's leadership.<ref>http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=563262</ref>
Steven Thomas and some of the other crew members mutiny and imprison Ralston. He escapes and forces the crew to obey him by threatening to destroy the ship. Ignoring the crew's warnings he releases one of the "animates" who kills him before dying of complications from the thawing-out process. The ship goes on under Thomas's leadership.


==Cast==
==Cast==
* [[Bill Williams (actor)|Bill Williams]] as Capt. Mead Ralston
* [[Bill Williams (actor)|Bill Williams]] as Capt. Mead Ralston
* [[Norma West]] as Jan Ralston
* [[Norma West]] as Jan Ralston
* [[John Cairney]] as Dr. Steven Thomas
* [[John Cairney]] as Dr. Steven Thomas
* [[Jeremy Longhurst]] as John Saunders, Chief Engineer
* [[Jeremy Longhurst]] as John Saunders, Chief Engineer
* [[Donald Churchill]] as Carl Wolcott
* [[Donald Churchill]] as Carl Wolcott
* [[Kathleen Breck]] as Kate Saunders
* [[Kathleen Breck]] as Kate Saunders
* [[Margo McLennan]] as Joyce Wolcott (as Margo Mayne)
* [[Margo McLennan]] as Joyce Wolcott (credited as Margo Mayne)
* [[Linda Marlowe]] as Dr. Helen Thomas
* [[Linda Marlowe]] as Dr. Helen Thomas
* [[John Lee (actor)|John Lee]] as Dr. Garth
* [[John Lee (Australian actor)|John Lee]] as Dr. Garth
* [[Andrew Downie]] as Capt. Burnett (Spacestation)
* [[Andrew Downie]] as Capt. Burnett (spacestation)
* [[Mark Lester]] as Don Saunders
* [[Mark Lester]] as Don Saunders
* [[Stuart Middleton]] as Michael Thomas
* [[Stuart Middleton]] as Michael Thomas
* [[Anthony Honour]] as Robert Wolcott
* [[Anthony Honour]] as Robert Wolcott
* [[Tony Doonan]] as Dr. Griffith
* [[Tony Doonan]] as Dr. Griffith
* [[Chuck Julian]] as Webster
* [[Chuck Julian]] as Webster

==Production==
The film was shot in England at Shepperton Studios. It was one of several films that [[Robert L. Lippert]] made with Jack Parsons in England. Writer Harry Spalding said the film was inspired by space exploration at the time. "There was a lot of talk back then that if people were ever having to go to fly to Mars they'd have to be frozen for the trip and revived when they got there."<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=esCnTSqGtUYC&q=harry+spaling+writer&pg=PA320|page=332|title=Double Feature Creature Attack: A Monster Merger of Two More Volumes of Classic Interviews|first=Tom|last=Weaver|publisher=McFarland|date=19 February 2003|isbn=9780786482153}}</ref>

== Reception ==
''[[The Monthly Film Bulletin]]'' wrote: "Bold enough to eschew the joys of planet exploration, dinosaurs and cat-women (its entire story unfolds within the cramped confines of a spaceship), ''Spaceflight IC-1'' unfortunately has no alternative to offer except dreary dialogue and indifferent acting. As usual in this sort of affair, much is made of the fact that there have been exhaustive tests to select personnel capable of withstanding the strain of interstellar travel; and as usual, a more unbalanced, hysteria-prone lot would be hard to imagine."<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1 January 1967 |title=Spaceflight IC-1 |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1305838510/5AB4BD7BC16D40ADPQ/1 |journal=[[The Monthly Film Bulletin]] |volume=34 |issue=396 |pages=109 |via=ProQuest}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0059744}}
* {{IMDb title|0059744}}
* {{amg movie|111235}}
* {{allMovie title|111235}}
* {{tcmdb title|id=563262}}
* {{TCMDb title|id=563262}}


[[Bernard Knowles]]
{{Bernard Knowles}}


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Latest revision as of 06:11, 12 September 2024

Spaceflight IC-1
Original film poster
Directed byBernard Knowles
Written byHenry Cross
Produced byRobert Lippert
Jack Parsons
StarringBill Williams
Norma West
John Cairney
CinematographyGeoffrey Faithfull
Edited byRobert Winter
Colin Miller
Music byElisabeth Lutyens
Philip Martell
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release dates
  • July 1967 (1967-07) (UK)
  • October 1965 (1965-10) (USA)
Running time
65 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Spaceflight IC-1, also known as Space Spaceflight IC-1: An Adventure in Space, is a 1965 British science-fiction movie directed by Bernard Knowles and starring Bill Williams and Norma West.[1] It was written by Harry Spalding (as Henry Cross). The civilized world is controlled by an all-powerful computerised government which sends colonists into space.

Plot summary

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In 2015, spaceship IC-1 (Interstellar Colony #1) travels toward a planet similar to Earth to explore the possibility it could solve the Earth's population problems. The crew comprises Captain Mead Ralston, his wife Jan, Drs. Steven and Helen Thomas, two other married couples, and four people – "animates" – in suspended animation. One year into the voyage, Helen is found to have a fatal pancreatic infection that can only be cured if the ship returns to Earth, but Ralston refuses to turn back. When he denies her permission to have another child, she commits suicide.

Steven Thomas and some of the other crew members mutiny and imprison Ralston. He escapes and forces the crew to obey him by threatening to destroy the ship. Ignoring the crew's warnings he releases one of the "animates" who kills him before dying of complications from the thawing-out process. The ship goes on under Thomas's leadership.

Cast

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Production

[edit]

The film was shot in England at Shepperton Studios. It was one of several films that Robert L. Lippert made with Jack Parsons in England. Writer Harry Spalding said the film was inspired by space exploration at the time. "There was a lot of talk back then that if people were ever having to go to fly to Mars they'd have to be frozen for the trip and revived when they got there."[2]

Reception

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The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Bold enough to eschew the joys of planet exploration, dinosaurs and cat-women (its entire story unfolds within the cramped confines of a spaceship), Spaceflight IC-1 unfortunately has no alternative to offer except dreary dialogue and indifferent acting. As usual in this sort of affair, much is made of the fact that there have been exhaustive tests to select personnel capable of withstanding the strain of interstellar travel; and as usual, a more unbalanced, hysteria-prone lot would be hard to imagine."[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Spaceflight IC-1". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  2. ^ Weaver, Tom (19 February 2003). Double Feature Creature Attack: A Monster Merger of Two More Volumes of Classic Interviews. McFarland. p. 332. ISBN 9780786482153.
  3. ^ "Spaceflight IC-1". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 34 (396): 109. 1 January 1967 – via ProQuest.
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