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The Reluctant Astronaut

Movie (1967)

"He's an ASTRO-KNOTT turned ASTRONAUT in the Maddest Mixup in Space History!!"

Don Knotts is Roy Fleming, a small town kiddie-ride operator who is deathly afraid of heights. After learning that his father has signed him up for the space program, Roy reluctantly heads for Houston, only to find out upon arriving that his job is a janitor, not an astronaut. Anxious to live up to the expectations of his domineering father, Roy manages to keep up a facade of being an astronaut to ...

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Released:	Sep 5th, 1967
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The Reluctant Astronaut Main Cast

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Don Knotts
plays Roy Fleming

Leslie Nielsen
plays Major Fred Gifford

Joan Freeman
plays Ellie Jackson

Jesse White
plays Donelli

Jeanette Nolan
plays Mrs. Fleming

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Movie Goof (errors made by characters, possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Roy is said to be an only child, but he has four nieces.
Movie Goof (crew or equipment visible): When in the space capsule, the strings holding the microphone, the doll, the crackers and peanut butter are visible. When Don Knotts is floating around the capsule, the strings holding him are also visible.
Movie Goof (continuity error): When Fleming respools the capsule's programming tape, he has accidentally gotten the peanut butter mixed in with it. The tape reels are so clogged, they cannot play. Later, when Fleming looks out the capsule window at Hawaii, the tape reels are seen in the background running normally. The peanut butter then returns in subsequent shots.
Movie Goof (factual errors): There is no desert in the vicinity of the NASA space center in Houston.

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