Fire Maidens from Outer Space

Fire Maidens from Outer Space (US: Fire Maidens of Outer Space) is a 1956 British independent black-and-white science fiction feature film. It was written, produced and directed by American filmmaker Cy Roth as a collaboration between Cy Roth Productions and Great Britain's Criterion Films, and distributed in the UK by Eros Films and in the USA by Topaz Film Co.. The film stars Anthony Dexter as the lead astronaut, Susan Shaw as a "fire maiden" who befriends him, Paul Carpenter as the expedition captain, and Jacqueline Curtis as the "fire maiden" leader. There were 13 additional "fire maidens". The music score features cues excerpted from the opera Prince Igor by Alexander Borodin.

Fire Maidens from Outer Space
US theatrical release poster by Albert Kallis
Directed byCy Roth
Screenplay byCy Roth
Story byCy Roth
Produced byCy Roth
Starring
CinematographyIan D. Struthers
Edited byLito Carruthers
Music byTrevor Duncan
Production
company
Criterion Films
Distributed byEros Films
Release date
6 September 1956
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Many film critics have dubbed the film the "worst movie ever made".

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