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The Reluctant Astronaut: Directed by Edward Montagne. With Don Knotts, Leslie Nielsen, Joan Freeman, Jesse White. A NASA janitor is sent into space.
- (2.7K)
- Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
- Edward Montagne
- 1968-04-15
The Reluctant Astronaut is a 1967 American comedy film produced and directed by Edward Montagne and starring Don Knotts in a story about a carnival ride operator who is hired as a janitor at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston and is eventually sent into space.
- $1,500,000 (US/ Canada)
- Vic Mizzy
- Edward Montagne
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Roy (Don Knotts), a perpetually terrified 35-year-old man-child, still lives with his parents. He plays an astronaut at a local fairground, but his father (Arthur O'Connell) wants him to be a...
- (67)
- Edward Montagne
- Comedy
- Don Knotts
The Reluctant Astronaut. Don Knotts is Royal Fleming, a carnival worker who runs a spaceship ride for kids. Concerned about his future, Royal's dad sends an application to NASA - in his son's name! 357 IMDb 6.3 1 h 42 min 1967.
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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.
