The Bamboo Saucer
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Cast & Crew
Frank Telford
Dan Duryea
John Ericson
Lois Nettleton
Bob Hastings
Vincent Beck
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Synopsis
Fred Norwood is attacked by an unidentified flying object while flying an experimental supersonic jet. He escapes but is fired by the president of the aircraft company for foolishly endangering his plane. Determined to validate his story, Norwood rents a small jet and enlists the aid of his brother-in-law, Joe Vetry, to fly it; but after spotting the UFO by radar and taking pursuit, Vetry crashes and disappears. Hank Peters, a U. S. Secret Service official, shows Norwood a sketch of a craft drawn by a peasant in a remote area of mainland China. Assured by Norwood that the craft could be the same as the UFO he saw, Peters asks Norwood and two technicians, Garson and Ephram, to join him on a mission to find the mysterious object. After parachuting into mountainous Chinese terrain, the men encounter a Russian group--led by Dubovsky and including scientist Anna Karachev--on an identical mission. Agreeing that their best interests will be served by joining together, the two groups locate the UFO in the ruins of a church and, after some discouraging attempts, discover how to enter the craft. Dubovsky at first attempts to achieve glory exclusively for Russia by holding the Americans prisoner and flying the object with his own men; but when it is discovered that Chinese Communist soldiers are about to attack them, the two parties remain together to resist their common enemy. In the battle that follows, everyone except Norwood, Anna, and Garson is killed. The three survivors manage to escape from the Chinese and head for Geneva in the UFO, hoping that their discovery will be beneficial to mankind.
Director
Frank Telford
Cast
Dan Duryea
John Ericson
Lois Nettleton
Bob Hastings
Vincent Beck
Bernard Fox
Robert Dane
Rico Cattani
James Hong
Bartlett Robinson
Nick Katurich
William Mims
Nan Leslie
Andy Romano
Crew
Charles E. Burns
Bob Comer
Terry Croghan
Jerry Fairbanks
Jerry Fairbanks
John P. Fulton
John P. Fulton
Hank Gilbert
Dean Gilmore
Deon Hanson
Richard C. Harris
Theobold Holsopple
Jack Mccoskey
Hal Mohr
Edward Paul
Glen Robinson
Gerald Seth Sindell
Grant Spicer
Frank Telford
Rip Van Ronkel
H. Roy Vanderford
Russell Vreeland
Herbert Willis
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Copyright length: 103 min. The working title of this film is Operation Blue Book. Rereleased in 1969 as Collision Course; running time: 90 min.
