The Lost Missile (1958)
The Lost Missile is a 1958 science fiction film which was originally slated to be directed by William A. Berke, who also executive produced the film. The screenplay was co-written by John McPartland and the longtime science-fiction writer Jerome Bixby, and starred a young Robert Loggia. When William Berke suddenly [http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/218762|0/The-Lost-Missile.html died] as filming was set to begin, his son Lester Wm. Berke (who had come up with the original story) took over the direction.
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