War of the Satellites

War of the Satellites is a 1958 independently made black-and-white science fiction film distributed in the US and the UK by Allied Artists. The film was produced and directed by Roger Corman and stars Richard Devon, Dick Miller, and Susan Cabot. This low budget feature was rapidly conceived, filmed, and released to exploit the international media frenzy surrounding the launch of the Russian Sputnik satellite, the first in space. An "unknown force" declares war against planet Earth when the United Nations disobeys warnings to cease and desist in its attempts at assembling and then launching the first satellite into space.