''Spaceflight IC-1: An Adventure in Space'' is a 1965 British science-fiction movie starring Bill Williams and

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. 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. The director was Bernard Knowles and the writer was Harry Spalding working under the name "Henry Cross".

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), his wife Jan (

), 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. 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.

Cast

* Bill Williams as Capt. Mead Ralston *

as Jan Ralston * John Cairney as Dr. Steven Thomas * Jeremy Longhurst as John Saunders, Chief Engineer * Donald Churchill as Carl Wolcott *

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as Kate Saunders *

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as Joyce Wolcott (as Margo Mayne) * Linda Marlowe as Dr. Helen Thomas * John Lee as Dr. Garth * Andrew Downie as Capt. Burnett (Spacestation) * Mark Lester as Don Saunders *

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as Michael Thomas *

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as Robert Wolcott *

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as Dr. Griffith *

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as Webster

Production

The film was shot in England at Shepperton Studios. It was one of several films that

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made with Jack Parsons in England. Writer Harry Spalding says 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."

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* * * * 1965 films British space adventure films 1960s science fiction films British science fiction films 20th Century Fox films British black-and-white films Films about astronauts Films scored by Elisabeth Lutyens Films set in the future Films set in 2015 1960s English-language films 1960s British films {{1960s-UK-film-stub