Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

Riders to the Stars (1954)

Riders to the Stars poster
Directed by
Herbert L. Strock, Richard Carlson
Genre
adventure film, science fiction film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 21m
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 17 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of men undergo psychological and physical tests to qualify for a dangerous space mission. They must prove they can handle the risks of piloting a rocket to capture a meteor.

tensionearnestscientificgroundedseriousretroslow-burn

What happens

Riders to the Stars is a 1954 independently made American science fiction film produced by Ivan Tors Productions and released by United Artists. The film was directed by Richard Carlson (who also stars) and Herbert L. Strock (uncredited) and also stars William Lundigan, Martha Hyer, and Herbert Marshall. Riders to the Stars is the second film in Ivan Tors' "Office of Scientific Investigation" (OSI) trilogy, which was preceded by The Magnetic Monster (1953) and followed by Gog (1954). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?