The Rocket Man (1954)

Directed by

Oscar Rudolph

Genre

science fiction, comedy, family

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 19m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A boy gets a special toy ray gun that makes people tell the truth. The townspeople start acting in unusual ways because of this.

whimsicallightheartedplayfuldown-to-earthgently comicfamily-orientedamusing

What happens

The Rocket Man is a 1954 American comedy science fiction film directed by Oscar Rudolph and starring Charles Coburn, Spring Byington, Anne Francis, John Agar and George "Foghorn" Winslow. The script was co-written by Lenny Bruce and Jack Henley from a story by George W. George and George F. Slavin. A comedy with science fiction overtones, the film carries the tag line, “Out-of-this-world laughter and down-to-earth charm when the face from space turns out to be… the kid next door!” The New York Times found the fact that comedian Lenny Bruce was one of the film's screenwriters was the "strangest aspect of the low-budget production", noting that the film contains little of Bruce's trademark humor. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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