Rocket Attack U.S.A.
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Barry Mahon
John Mckay
Monica Davis
Daniel Kern
Edward Czerniuk
Phillip St. George
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U.S. intelligence agent John Manston, on assignment in Moscow, learns through Tannah, a Russian who has renounced her country, that the Soviets are planning a missile attack on the United States. Manston and Tannah try to sabotage the missile before it can be launched, but are killed before completing their mission. World War III then begins as the Soviet missile smashes into New York City.
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Although the Motion Picture Herald and Box Office reviews noted that Rocket Attack, U.S.A. was released in March 1961, the film was approved for exhibition in New York State in 1960, according to NYSA records. According to modern sources, producer-director Barry Mahon, using various pseudonyms, edited and photographed many of his films, including Rocket Attack, U.S.A.. Alan Smiler was one of the pseudonyms Mahon used on the film, and it is likely that Mike Tabb was another. For additional information on Mahon, please consult entry below for White Slavery.
Although the film was not copyrighted at the time of its release, it was registered on April 7, 1986 under the number PA 360-346. Modern sources add the following to the cast: Sara Amman, Marco Behar, Ray Brewer, Ronnie Cooper, Richard Downs, Herbert Flato, Milton Fuchs, Janice Gilmain, Nicolai Grushkow, John Horner, Vladovia Lazareff, Art Metrano, William Osborn, Frank Patrinostrow, Robert Reed, Jane Ross, Alan Smiler and James Turan.
