Cast & Crew

Directed by

Irving Pichel

Writing Credits

Alford Van Ronkel
(written for the screen by) (as Rip Van Ronkel) &
Robert A. Heinlein
(written for the screen by) and
James O'Hanlon
(written for the screen by)
Robert A. Heinlein
(from a novel by)

Cast

John Archer
Jim Barnes
Warner Anderson
Dr. Charles Cargraves
Tom Powers
General Thayer
Dick Wesson
Joe Sweeney
Erin O'Brien-Moore
Emily Cargraves
Steve Carruthers
Businessman at Meeting
Franklyn Farnum
Factory Worker
Jack Gargan
Businessman at Meeting
Everett Glass
Mr. La Porte
Kenner G. Kemp
Businessman at Meeting
Knox Manning
Knox Manning
Mike Miller
Undetermined Secondary Role
Irving Pichel
Off Screen Narrator of Woody Woodpecker Cartoon
Cosmo Sardo
Businessman at Meeting
Grace Stafford
Woody Woodpecker
Bert Stevens
Businessman at Meeting
Ted Warde
Brown

Produced by

George Pal
producer

Music by

Leith Stevens

Cinematography by

Lionel Lindon
(photographed by)

Editing by

Duke Goldstone
film editor

Production Design by

Ernst Fegté

Set Decoration by

George Sawley

Makeup Department

Webster C. Phillips
makeup artist (as Webster Phillips)

Production Management

Martin Eisenberg
production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Harold Godsoe
assistant director

Art Department

Chesley Bonestell
technical advisor of astronomical art
Walter Bjorne
poster artist : Sweden (uncredited)
Otto Hempel
poster artist : West Germany (uncredited)

Sound Department

William H. Lynch
sound (as William Lynch)

Special Effects by

Lee Zavitz
special effects

Animation Department

Walter Lantz
cartoon sequences
Ray Abrams
animator (uncredited)
Fred Brunish
background artist (uncredited)
Laverne Harding
animator (uncredited)
Les Kline
animator (uncredited)
Walter Lantz
animation producer (uncredited) / producer (uncredited)
Fred Madison
animator (uncredited)
Ernie Nordli
layout artist (uncredited)
Don Patterson
animator (uncredited) / director (uncredited)
Paul J. Smith
animator (uncredited)
Don Towsley
animator (uncredited)

Editorial Department

Robert Brower
color consultant: Technicolor

Music Department

Dave Torbett
orchestrator (as David Torbet)
Clarence Wheeler
composer: animation sequence (uncredited)

Additional Crew

John S. Abbott
technical supervisor
Robert A. Heinlein
technical advisor
Miles E. Pike
technician
Robert S. Richardson
technical advisor
Dale Tholen
technician
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