"At least they’d never know what hit them."
There is a missile heading for earth. (It is suggested that the missile is from outer space.) A rocket is sent up by an eastern bloc country to try to divert it but the impact sends it into a low orbit around the earth. The missile is traveling over 4,000 miles an hour at about 5 miles above the earth with hydrogen drive. The temperature of the missile is one million degrees. As it passes, whatever is below, is basically vaporized. The United States has one hour to find a way to destroy it before it passes over New York City and basically wipes out the city. And after that the missile will keep going until the earth is vaporized.
The military of Canada and New York send up everything they can to try to blow the missile out of the sky. The hero of the story is Dr. David Loring (a very young Robert Loggia). He is a scientist who has been working on a new hydrogen rocket. He determines that the only hope the world has to destroy the missile is to send the untried “Jobe” rocket to intercept the alien missile before it’s too late. But is it enough?
"The Lost Missile" was released in 1958 and was directed by William Berke. I actually liked this movie. The film was produced by a small independent company. That means small budget special effects that aren’t very good and a lot of stock footage.
At one time the quality of the film was lacking but there have been some recently that are much clearer and sharper. The movie itself is good but it got some bad reviews due to the print quality. The movie is presented in a documentary style. It is fast paced and intense. It’s an edge of your seat kind of movie reminiscent of “Fail Safe”.