Spaceways

1953
1h 14m

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Howard Duff and Eva Bartok in Spaceways (1953)

British scientists test rocket; matrimonial strife looms. Rocket partially fails; couple goes missing. Did they elope or are they dead, orbiting in rocket debris?British scientists test rocket; matrimonial strife looms. Rocket partially fails; couple goes missing. Did they elope or are they dead, orbiting in rocket debris?British scientists test rocket; matrimonial strife looms. Rocket partially fails; couple goes missing. Did they elope or are they dead, orbiting in rocket debris?

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5.1/10

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Trivia
Principal photography on Spaceways took place at Bray Studios, Windsor, England from mid-November 1952 to early January 1953.[1] Some of the scenes of the spaceship taking off were special effects shots taken from the Lippert film, Rocketship X-M (1950).

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At the beginning of the movie, when Howard Duff exits the van inside the base, the whole filming crew is reflected against the side of the van.

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Edited from Rocketship X-M (1950)

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5/10

Interesting, but can't decide what genre it is

I like Spaceways, but it is a pretty average movie on all fronts (for the fifties). Even though it does have the lovely Eva Bartok in it, and was directed by Hammer Film's legendary Terence Fisher, the film's main problem is that it can't decide what type of genre film it is, with all the various story elements running around. We've got a early British science fiction (hence the title, of course), a murder mystery, and a bit of early Cold War thriller all tumbled together.

The performances by all are solid if stereotypical, but the effects consist primarily of using the same stock footage of V-2 experiments that viewers would come to know and sometimes loathe in many movies later on (Fire Maidens From Outer Space, King Dinosaur, etc., etc.). The movie also seems to end a bit abruptly.

Luckily, the DVD of the movie is available at mall music/video stores for about $6 (I got my in a double pack with Kronos for $10), so it is at least affordable for the 50's Sci-Fi Completest out there.