Spaceways

Spaceways centres on Dr. Stephen Mitchell, a rocket engineer whose job is to put a satellite into orbit. When his work and his private life become entangled in suspicion, he is accused of an extraordinary crime, and the film follows the consequences of that accusation for him and for the people around him. The story mixes drama with science fiction and thriller elements, moving between the technical world of rocket research and the weight of the charge against him. Eva Bartok appears as Dr. Lisa Frank, with Alan Wheatley, Philip Leaver, Michael Medwin and Andrew Osborn among the supporting scientists.

The film was directed by Terence Fisher, working from a screenplay by Paul Tabori and Richard H. Landau, and produced by Michael Carreras and Robert L. Lippert for Hammer Film Productions and Lippert Pictures. It runs 77 minutes and was released in August 1953. Chronologically it stands first among the sixteen films Fisher directed, ahead of The Curse of Frankenstein in 1957.

On TMDB it holds a rating of 4.8 out of 10 from 16 votes, a small sample that indicates limited attention rather than wide acclaim. Howard Duff leads the cast as Dr. Stephen Mitchell.