For 1956, a remarkable effort and well done. I loved the beginning with the footage of the Avro Vulcan with the patriotic music score. Clearly, the Producers were quite proud of what Britain had achieved. It was a beautiful airplane. The story is about what one would expect during the Cold War, a bomb is involved. The special effects of the spacecraft, while amusing in this day, were likely quite sophisticated for the time. Imaginative and logical. The cast contains the irrepressible Donald Wolfit at his tyrannical best. How I wish he would have survived to make more pictures. Kieron Moore is at his patriotic best. Alongside Richard Todd, Britain is lucky to have men like these at their disposal in service. Donald Wolf is his usual affable self. Women, of course, are kept to their station. The requisite Spitfire in the person of Lois Maxwell, provides a welcome relief to the marital problems of the crew. The movie is of interest as an Anthropological study of mid-century Britain. Their tools, manners and mores.
Review of Satellite in the Sky
