space, Mitchell is surprised to see that Lisa is on board; she had previously convinced Toby to let her go on the flight instead of him. Despite the revelation that the bodies of Crenshaw and Vanessa are not on board, Mitchell and Frank attempt to jettison the spaceship's second stage, resulting in an explosion, causing their spacecraft to go out of control. Steve, however, releases the fail-safe, saving them from destruction and allowing the spaceship to return safely to Earth. Cast Howard Duff as Dr Stephen Mitchell Eva Bartok as Dr Lisa Frank Alan Wheatley as Dr Smith Philip Leaver as Professor Koepler Michael Medwin as Dr Toby Andrews Andrew Osborn as Dr Philip Crenshaw Cecile Chevreau as Vanessa Mitchell Anthony Ireland as General Hayes Hugh Moxey as Colonel Alfred Daniels David Horne as Minister Production Principal photography on Spaceways took place at Ray Studios, Windsor, England from mid-November 1952 to early January 1953. Some of the scenes of the spaceship taking off were special effects shots taken from the Lippert film, Rocketship X-M (1950) Some filming also occurred at Bray Studios in Berkshire. Reception Spaceways was not well received by critics, and its poor production values soon relegated the film to the bottom of cinema playbills and drive-ins, mainly as fill-in fodder. Film reviewer Glenn Erickson, writing in DVD Savant, noted: "The disappointment of Spaceways is finding out that it is really a lukewarm murder mystery in a science fiction setting". References Bibliography Warren, Bill. Keep Watching the Skies: American Science Fiction Films of the Fifties, 21st Century Edition. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2009, (First Edition 1982). . External links 1950s science fiction adventure films British space adventure films 1953 films Hammer Film Productions films British science fiction adventure films Films about astronauts Films based on radio series Films directed by Terence Fisher Lippert Pictures films British black-and-white films 1950s English-language films 1950s British films