Don Knotts
Roy Fleming
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Don Knotts plays a janitor who is sent into space despite his fear of heights. Leslie Nielsen and Joan Freeman co-star in this 1967 film directed by Edward Montagne.
- (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.
A comedy film starring Don Knotts as a man who pretends to be an astronaut and ends up in space. Read the plot summary, cast, ratings and reviews from critics and audiences on Rotten Tomatoes.
- (67)
- Edward Montagne
- Comedy
- Don Knotts
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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! 357 IMDb 6.3 1 h 42 min 1967.
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...
A comedy film about a carnival worker who is sent into space as a janitor by his father's scheme. He pretends to be an astronaut to avoid disappointing his family and friends, but faces many challenges and dangers along the way.
