The Phantom Planet

The Phantom Planet
Theatrical release poster
Directed byWilliam Marshall
Screenplay byWilliam Telaak
Fred De Gorter
Fred Gebhardt
Story byFred Gebhardt
Produced byFred Gebhardt
StarringDean Fredericks
Coleen Gray
Anthony Dexter
Francis X. Bushman
Richard Kiel
CinematographyElwood J. Nicholson
Edited byHugo Grimaldi
Music byLeith Stevens
Production
company
Four Crown Productions Inc.
Distributed byAmerican International Pictures
Release date
  • December 13, 1961 (1961-12-13) (U.S.)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Phantom Planet is a 1961 independently made American black-and-white science fiction film produced by Fred Gebhardt, directed by William Marshall, and starring Dean Fredericks, Coleen Gray, Anthony Dexter, and Francis X. Bushman. It was the first credited appearance of Richard Kiel, although he is not identifiable in the masked monster costume used for the film. The Phantom Planet was released on December 13, 1961 in the U.S. by American International Pictures as a double feature with Assignment Outer Space (1960).

The film was featured on the television series Mystery Science Theater 3000 as episode #902.