The War of the Planets (1966)

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Tony Russel

Cmdr. Mike Halstead
(as Tony Russell)

Lisa Gastoni

Lt. Connie Gomez

Franco Nero

Lt. Jake Jacowitz

Carlo Giustini

Lt. Ken

Enzo Fiermonte

General Halstead

Linda Sini

Lt. Tina Marley

Nando Angelini

Collins

John Bartha

Guest from Earth

Marco Bogliani

UDSCO HQ Duty Technician

Calisto Calisti

Captain Jamini

Aldo Canti

Ed - Tice's Crew #2

Lino Desmond

Capt. Jeffries
(as Lynn Desmond)

Corinne Fontaine

Gamma 1 Hostess

Iver Gilborn

UDSCO Doctor #3
(as Iver S. Gilborn)

Franco Lantieri

Capt. Tice

Renato Montalbano

Flagship Weapons Officer

Umberto Raho

General Maitland
(as Bert Raho)

Isarco Ravaioli

Hosting Victim

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Trivia
This is the second film in the Gamma-One series and follows Wild, Wild Planet (a.k.a. I Criminali della Galassia ("Criminals of the Galaxy")) and precedes War Between the Planets (a.k.a. Il Pianeta Errante ("Planet on the Prowl")) and Snow Devils (a.k.a. La Morte Viene dal Pianeta Aytin ("Death Comes From The Planet Aytin")).

Quotes
Cmdr. Mike Halstead: He's gone Galaxy!

Connections
Followed by War Between the Planets (1966)

I have seen the future, and it is groovy

It's not even close to being the best spaghetti science-fiction film ever made - far from it, in fact - but Antonio Margheriti's War of the Planets is another refugee from TNT's 100% Weird that recently popped up commercial free (and sadly pan and scan) on Turner Classic Movies. Starring American expat Tony Russel - who got his screen start as a bartender in Elvis' King Creole - as the commander of Earth's space forces, War of the Planets is a very low-budget story of alien invaders attacking our solar system from their base on Mars. The aliens, ever mindful of the filmmakers' need to keep costs down, are represented by dry ice and flashing green lights. The great Franco Nero co-stars and there's a suitably spacey Angelo Francesco Lavagnino score.