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Doomsday Machine (1972)

Doomsday Machine poster
Directed by
Herbert J. Leder
Genre
science fiction film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 24m
Rated
12
Rating
3.3 of 10 from 33 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A film about a secret space mission that launches from Earth after a doomsday event. The crew struggles with isolation and malfunctioning equipment on a journey to another planet.

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What happens

Doomsday Machine, also known as Escape from Planet Earth (video title), is an American science fiction film mostly filmed in 1967 but completed without the original cast or sets in 1972. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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