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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.
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- Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
- Edward Montagne
- 1968-04-15
Aug 9, 2021 · The Reluctant Astronaut. by. Universal Pictures feature film produced and directed by Edward Montagne and starring Don Knotts. Publication date. 1967. Topics. Don Knotts. Language. English. Plot. Roy Fleming (Don Knotts) is fairground operator of a kiddie-spaceship ride in Sweetwater, Missouri.
- 102 min
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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.
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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!
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...
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- Don Knotts
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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.
