First Man into Space

(This article is about the film. For the first human in space, see Yuri Gagarin.) First Man into Space (also known as Satellite of Blood) is an independently made 1959 UK black-and-white science fiction horror film from Amalgamated Films, directed by Robert Day and produced by John Croydon, Charles F. Vetter, and Richard Gordon. The film starred Marshall Thompson, Marla Landi, Bill Edwards and Robert Ayres, and was distributed by MGM. It was developed from a script that had been pitched to and rejected by AIP. First Man into Space was directly influenced by The Quatermass Xperiment.

First Man into Space

(This article is about the film. For the first human in space, see Yuri Gagarin.) First Man into Space (also known as Satellite of Blood) is an independently made 1959 UK black-and-white science fiction horror film from Amalgamated Films, directed by Robert Day and produced by John Croydon, Charles F. Vetter, and Richard Gordon. The film starred Marshall Thompson, Marla Landi, Bill Edwards and Robert Ayres, and was distributed by MGM. It was developed from a script that had been pitched to and rejected by AIP. First Man into Space was directly influenced by The Quatermass Xperiment.