Mission Stardust

Mission Stardust
Directed by	Primo Zeglio
Produced by	Ernst R. von Theumer ()
Screenplay by	Karl Heinz Vogelmann Sergio Donati Primo Zeglio
Story by	Karl Heinz Vogelmann
Starring	Lang Jeffries Essy Persson John Karlsen Pinkas Braun
Music by	Anton G. Abril
Cinematography	Riccardo Pallottini Manuel Merino
Edited by	Renato Cinquini
Production companies	P.E.A. Cinematografica Tefi-Filmproduktion Ernst Ritter von Theumer Attor-Film S.A.
Release date	August 1967 (1967-08) (Rome) October 1967 (1967-10) (West Germany)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Italy West Germany Spain

Mission Stardust (Italian: ...4...3...2...1...Morte) is a 1967 science fiction film based on the early novels of the popular German Perry Rhodan series by K.H. Scheer and Walter Ernsting..

Mission Stardust opened in Rome in August 1967 under the title 4... 3... 2... 1... morte with a running time of 95 minutes. It was later released in West Germany in October 1967 under the title Perry Rhodan--SOS aus dem Weltall with a 79 minute running time. It was later released in Spain as Órbita mortal with a 92 minute running time. It opened in Los Angeles in October 1968.

In a contemporary review, Variety noted the dubbing in the film, stating that it was "only fair" and that the special effects were "crude, the color uneven, but the very audaciousness of the admixture keeps the attention." The review also praised the rock music film score by Anton G. Abril.

From retrospective reviews, Gary Westfahl in his book The Spacesuit Film: A History, 1918-1969 noted that the film contained "shoddy special effects" and recalled "Saturday afternoon serials more than science fiction films of the 1960s". Westfahl referred to the film as "one of the era's most reviled genre films."