Rocket Attack U.S.A. (1958)

Directed by

Barry Mahon

Genre

science fiction film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 04m

Rating

2.2 of 10 from 23 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This is a Cold War story about American spies trying to stop a Soviet spy from stealing missile secrets. The film was made to warn people about the threat of communism after the Sputnik launch.

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What happens

Rocket Attack U.S.A., also known as Five Minutes to Zero, is a 1958 propaganda espionage/science fiction film produced, directed, and edited by Barry Mahon, who intended to exploit the launching of Sputnik. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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