The Phantom Planet

The Phantom Planet
Film poster for The Phantom Planet
Directed by	William Marshall
Starring	Dean Fredericks Coleen Gray Francis X. Bushman Richard Kiel Merissa Mathes
Distributed by	American International Pictures
Release date(s)	1961
Running time	90 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

The Phantom Planet is a (1961) science fiction film. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Plot

The lead character, astronaut Frank Chapman, played by Dean Fredericks, while traveling though space encounters a race of tiny people on a distant planet. Due to the planet's unusual atmosphere, he is shrunk to six inches in size. Before he finds the remedy to this situation, he is lured by two beautiful women and decides to help the inhabitants of the planet battle an invading race of monsters known as the Solarites.

DVD releases

• The original cut of The Phantom Planet has had multiple "bargain bin" releases.

• The MST3K version of the film was released by Rhino Home Video as part of the Collection, Volume 8 DVD set.

• A colorized version was released by Legend Films.

See also

• List of films in the public domain

Notes

1. ^ Filmfacts 1962, page 369
2. ^ Monthly Film Bulletin 1963, page 9
3. ^ Films in Review October 1961, page 452

External links

• The Phantom Planet at the Internet Movie Database
• The Phantom Planet available for free download at the Internet Archive [more]

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