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    Spaceways (1953)

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    This early low-budget British sci-fi offering from Hammer Films tells the story of American science engineer Dr Stephen Mitchell (Howard Duff) who is accused of murdering his guilty wife, Vanessa (Cecile Chevreau) and her biologist lover Dr Philip Crenshaw (Andrew Osborn) – who is also a spy – and hiding their bodies in a satellite which will encircle the globe for decades.

    There’s only one way Dr Mitchell can clear himself – blast off in another rocket, retrieve the satellite, and bring it back for inspection. He takes fetching mathematician Dr Lisa Frank (the lovely Eva Bartok) with him.

    Duff is adequate enough in his role, but Osborn and Chevreau deliver charismatic portrayals which help to counterbalance disappointing characterisations by Michael Medwin (as eager fuel expert Dr Toby Andrews) and (to a lesser extent) Philip Leaver (as kindly project supervisor Professor Koepler).

    Andrew Wheatley is in peak smarmy form as the arrogant Dr Smith.

    Spaceways was not well-received by critics, but despite the tight budget, production values are more than adequate by B-movie standards.

    Dr Stephen Mitchell
    Howard Duff
    Dr Lisa Frank
    Eva Bartok
    Dr Smith
    Andrew Wheatley
    Professor Koepler
    Philip Leaver
    Dr Philip Crenshaw
    Andrew Osborn
    Vanessa Mitchell
    Cecile Chevreau
    General Hayes
    Anthony Ireland
    Dr Toby Andrews
    Michael Medwin
    Colonel Alfred Daniels
    Hugh Moxey
    Minister
    David Horne
    Sergeant Peterson
    Leo Phillips
    Mrs Daniels
    Jean Webster Brough
    Mrs Rogers
    Marianne Stone

    Director
    Terence Fisher

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