The Reluctant Astronaut (1967)
• September 5th, 1967 • 1h 41min
Comedy, Family, Science Fiction
Overview
Roy Fleming is a small-town kiddie-ride operator who is deathly afraid of heights. After learning that his father has signed him up for the space program, Roy reluctantly heads for Houston, only to find out upon arriving that his job is as a janitor, not an astronaut. Anxious to live up to the expectations of his domineering father, Roy manages to keep up a facade of being an astronaut to his family and friends. When NASA decides to launch a layperson into space to prove the worthiness of a new automated spacecraft, Roy gets the chance to confront his fears.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
First Man into Space
Released on: 1959-02-01
Science Fiction, Horror, Drama
The first pilot to leave Earth's atmosphere lands, then vanishes; but something with a craving for b...
The Green Slime
Released on: 1968-12-19
Science Fiction, Horror
A giant asteroid is heading toward Earth so some astronauts disembark from a nearby space station to...
Horror of the Blood Monsters
Released on: 1970-02-01
Action, Horror, Science Fiction
Astronauts land on a planet with prehistoric creatures and a war between a human-like tribe and a ra...
The Phantom Planet
Released on: 1961-12-13
Science Fiction, Horror
After an asteroid draws an astronaut and his ship to its surface, he is miniaturized by the phantom ...
Raging Sharks
Released on: 2005-02-01
Horror, Science Fiction
An oceanic observation station is in desperate trouble after a sudden shark attack wrecked the oxyge...
Journey to the Seventh Planet
Released on: 1962-03-10
Adventure, Horror, Science Fiction
A space expedition to Uranus is menaced by a giant brain that can make illusions come true.
Ambition
Released on: 2014-10-24
Science Fiction, History, Mystery
A young apprentice struggles to master nanotechnology on an alien world and prove herself to her eni...
Transformations
Released on: 1988-09-02
Science Fiction, Horror
Wolfgang is traveling in outer space when a monster, which he sees as a beautiful woman, appears in ...
Galaxy of Terror
Released on: 1981-10-01
Action, Adventure, Horror, Science Fiction
As a lone spaceship proceeds on its long voyage across space, the crew are surprised to encounter a ...
The Wild, Wild Planet
Released on: 1966-07-15
Science Fiction
A rogue cop must stop a scientist from taking over the world with his deadly female robots, who are ...
King Dinosaur
Released on: 1955-07-17
Science Fiction, Horror, Adventure
In 1960, four American scientists travel to a planet that has just entered Earth's solar system to s...
Countdown
Released on: 1967-08-20
Science Fiction, Thriller
Desperate to land a man on the moon before Russia does, NASA hastily preps a would-be spaceman for a...
Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity
Released on: 1987-09-18
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
In the future, two slaves in a distant galaxy escape prison and crash-land on a strange planet. They...
The Titan
Released on: 2018-03-30
Science Fiction, Thriller
On a bleak future Earth, a soldier endures a radical genetic transformation to save humanity. But hi...
The Operator
Released on: 2022-02-09
Science Fiction, Drama
During another dull day connecting long distance intergalactic calls from a remote satellite, Michae...
On the Silver Globe
Released on: 1989-02-10
Science Fiction, Drama
A small group of cosmic explorers, including a woman, leaves Earth to start a new civilization. They...
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
Released on: 1958-07-31
Science Fiction, Horror
The first manned expedition to Mars is invaded by an unknown life form, which stows away on the resc...
Valentin
Released on: 2002-09-29
Romance, Drama, Comedy
Valentin, a 9-year-old boy living with his grandmother in late-1960s Buenos Aires, believes his fami...
Back in Business
Released on: 2007-02-09
Adventure, Action, Comedy
After decades of domination by America and Russia there is a new competitor in the space race... Gre...