[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":88},["ShallowReactive",2],{"movie-seo-tt0055380":3},{"movieId":4,"title":5,"year":6,"sources":7,"metadata":34,"relatedMovies":46,"similarMovies":59,"collections":84,"is_curated":85,"verified":86,"lastUpdated":87},"tt0055380","Rocket Attack U.S.A.",1960,[8,19,25],{"channelId":9,"sourceId":10,"id":10,"title":11,"description":12,"addedAt":13,"duration":14,"language":15,"viewCount":16,"type":17,"channelName":18},"UCycDFnpMeWzaITQSD1dWsOA","rysX2mJmveA","1960 - Rocket Attack U.S.A. - Red Alert: Missile Strikes of Destruction - War Movie","Sputnik's Deadly Secret: It’s the height of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union with the Communists launching a spy satellite that has the Free World leaders in a panic. US Agent John Manston infiltrates Moscow with operative Tanya to stop the Soviets from launching an intercontinental missile at the NYC.\n\nAudio Commentary also available ]\n👉 go to ⚙️  Select \"English Descriptive\" from the Audio options\n\nAlternative title: Five Minutes to Zero (1960)\n\nColorized version: https:\u002F\u002Fyoutu.be\u002FAXX0TfNEbmg\n\nDirector & Writer: Barry Mahon\nStars: Monica Davis, John McKay, Phillip St. George\nGenre: Spy, Thriller, War\nRelease date: March 24, 1960 \nFilming location: Hazlet, New Jersey",1766537953,3818,"en",23655,"youtube","Cult Cinema Classics",{"channelId":9,"sourceId":20,"id":20,"title":21,"description":22,"addedAt":23,"duration":14,"language":15,"year":6,"viewCount":24,"type":17,"channelName":18},"2AM2YEpVHaU","What You Didn't Know About This Cult Film : Rocket Attack U.S.A. (1960) Audio Commentary","Rocket Attack U.S.A. is a cultural artifact where propaganda, poverty-row filmmaking, and atomic anxiety collide – essentially proving that bad movies can be great historical documents. Featuring  C. Courtney Joyner,  and  Mark Jordan Legan (Film Freaks Forever podcast) \n\nWatch the film without commentary: \n\nNuclear Paranoia Amplified\nThe commentary dissects how the film weaponizes atomic-age fears, with absurdly low-budget special effects .\n\nBarry Mahon's \"Auteur\" Flair\nHighlights director Mahon's transition from Disney animator to exploitation kingpin, noting his signature moves: recycled stock footage, wooden actors delivering apocalyptic monologues, and propaganda masquerading as plot.\n\nCold War Zeitgeist\nThe analysis emphasizes how the film reflects 1960s civil defense hysteria – particularly the \"duck and cover\" mentality – while accidentally revealing how poorly funded anti-communist films actually were.\n\nMST3K Legacy\nMystery Science Theater 3000's cemented its place in bad-movie history. The commentary draws parallels between Cold War propaganda and later \"so bad it's good\" culture.\n\nStar Power?\nLead actor John McKay's previous credit: \"guy who reads civil defense pamphlets\" in government films.\n\nHistorical Irony: Released months before the Cuban Missile Crisis, making its hysterical tone suddenly less ridiculous.",1766537954,4924,{"channelId":26,"sourceId":27,"id":27,"title":28,"description":29,"size":30,"addedAt":31,"downloads":32,"type":26,"channelName":33},"archive.org","ROCKETATTACKUSA","ROCKET ATTACK USA","“It’s the height of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union with the Communists launching a spy satellite that has the Free World leaders in a panic. Fears about the nature of the satellite force the United States to send an agent undercover behind the Iron Curtain to discover what the Soviets have learned. What he finds is the Communists have used the information acquired from their spy satellite to help them perfect a new and even more deadly nuclear weapon.” (boxed-set booklet description) Research by oldbones indicates this Cold War propaganda movie is PD. I’ve improved the source material's contrast a bit.  ",2327176851,1767744405,12173,"Archive.org",{"Rated":35,"Runtime":36,"imdbRating":37,"imdbVotes":38,"Genre":39,"Plot":40,"Director":41,"Writer":41,"Actors":42,"Language":43,"Country":44,"Awards":45},"Not Rated","68 min",1.7,1184,"Thriller","Based on the assumption that Sputnik is gathering intelligence for the Soviets, a spy is sent to Moscow to determine just how far along their missile program is. Surprise, surprise: Sputnik gave them all the data they need to build one nuclear missile, which is ready to launch against the U.S. This Cold-War propaganda film, released soon after the launch of Sputnik, intended to rally public support for an anti-ballistic missile program.","Barry Mahon","Monica Davis, John McKay, Phillip St. George","Russian, English","United States","N\u002FA",[47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58],"tt0052811","tt0053719","tt0053958","tt0054041","tt0054295","tt0054380","tt0054393","tt0211039","tt2017464","tt0052563","tt0052587","tt0052602",[60,63,66,69,72,75,78,81],{"movieId":61,"distance":62},"youtube-AXX0TfNEbmg",0.5545,{"movieId":64,"distance":65},"tt10985590",0.6153,{"movieId":67,"distance":68},"tt3170900",0.627,{"movieId":70,"distance":71},"tt5563718",0.6286,{"movieId":73,"distance":74},"tt13437998",0.63,{"movieId":76,"distance":77},"youtube-Rl8C21m_rNo",0.6301,{"movieId":79,"distance":80},"tt0047590",0.6374,{"movieId":82,"distance":83},"tt0046351",0.6407,[],true,false,"2026-02-02T00:10:50.714Z",1779355524207]