The Rocket Man (1954 film)

The Rocket Man
Promotional film poster
Directed by	Oscar Rudolph
Produced by	Leonard Goldstein
Written by	Lenny Bruce, Jack Henley
Production company	20th Century Fox
Release dates	December 0, 1954
Country	United States
Language	English

The Rocket Man is a 1954 comedy film by 20th Century Fox, directed by Oscar Rudolph, and produced by Leonard Goldstein. The script was co-written by Lenny Bruce and Jack Henley from a story by George W. George and George F. Slavin.^[1] The film was a comedy with science-fiction elements, with a tag line, “Out-of-this-world laughter and down-to-earth charm when the face from space turns out to be ... the kid next door!”^[2]

The New York Times found the fact that comedian Lenny Bruce was one of the film's writers was the "strangest aspect of the low-budget production", noting that the film contains little of Bruce's trademark humor.^[3]

Cast

• George "Foghorn" Winslow (Timmy)
• Charles Coburn (Mayor Ed Johnson)
• Spring Byington (Justice Amelia Brown)
• John Agar (Tom Baxter)
• Anne Francis (June Brown)
• Beverly Garland (Ludine)
• Stanley Clements (Bob)
• Emory Parnell (Big Bill Watkins)

External links

• The Rocket Man at the Internet Movie Database

References

1. "Movies Were Always Magical": Interviews with 19 Actors, Leo Verswijver - 2003 Page 40- Rocket Man (20th Century Fox, 1954). DlR Oscar Rudolph. PROD Leonard Goldstein. SCR Lenny Bruce, Jack Henley (story by George W. George, George F . Slavin). CAM John F. Seitz. ED Paul Weatherwax. Ml's Lionel Newman. RUNNING
2. Laura Wagner Anne Francis: The Life and Career 2011 -p 25 "She was given the second lead (with John Agar) in The Rocket Man (1954), an ordinary, passable comedy with some sci-fi elements made for Panoramic Productions, the company run by producer Leonard Goldstein that made flat-screen pictures for Fox " ; Page 129 "The Rocket Man (1954) “Out-of-this-world laughter and down-to-earth charm when the face from space turns out to be ... the kid next door!” Director: Oscar Rudolph."
3. "The Rocket Man (1954)". nytimes.com. The New York Times. 2013. Retrieved November 6, 2013.