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In Space Master X-7 – when a simple living organism is brought back from outer space, it has a voracious appetite …

Space Master X-7 (1958) starring Bill Williams, Lyn Thomas, Robert Ellis

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Buy from Amazon Actually, Space Master X-7 is a surprisingly good movie. It actually entertains some very adult themes, as well. For example, scientist Dr. Palmer (Paul Frees) has had a child out of wedlock with Laura Greeling (Lyn Thomas). And she”s desperate to get custody of her child. Palmer’s a cold, seemingly heartless scientist– but he eventually relents. Unknown to Laura, when she leaves, she’s contaminated with the organism from outer space — “blood rust”. And it turns into a police procedural, where they’re trying to track her down. And everyone she’s been in contact with. Including cab driver Moe Howard, who’s agreed to not tell anyone that he picked up up the lovely fare …

Product Description 

1958 – A space probe returns to Earth covered with a strange fungus. The fungus is accidentally tinged with human blood and is transformed into an ever-growing pile of space rust, dubbed “Blood Rust”. It is up to John Hand and Joe Rattigan to find the one woman who can stop the rust from spreading and taking over the world. Look for “Stooge” MOE HOWARD as a cab driver.

Trivia

  • This film provided a rare substantial on-screen role for voice specialist Paul Frees. As Dr. Pommer, his character dominates the first two reels before becoming the first victim of the deadly space fungus he has named “Blood Rust.” Later in the film, his voice can be heard on the public address system at the train station.
  • When the cab driver (Moe Howard) says; “I’m all by myself!”, this was a “inside joke” with the film crew, because the Stooges were suddenly out of work at the time, and this was Moe Howard first attempt at acting on his own without the rest of the Stooges.
  • Moe Howard: , of The Three Stooges fame, as a cab driver. Production assistant Norman Maurer was Moe’s son-in-law, and director Edward Bernds was a longtime friend and had directed many Three Stooges shorts and several of their features. Moe found himself out of work after more than 25 years when Columbia Pictures closed its Shorts department with no notice early in 1958. Bernds offered Moe the cab driver part, and Moe in turn asked him to take on hire Maurer, who was trying to get a foothold in the film business. Bernds knew Maurer and considered him to be a talented artist, so he hired him as a sketch artists to help the special-effects department.

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