The Green Slime

The Green Slime
U.S. theatrical release poster
Directed by	Kinji Fukasaku
Screenplay by	William Finger Tom Rowe Charles Sinclair
Story by	Ivan Reiner
Produced by	Walter Manley Ivan Reiner
Starring	Robert Horton Richard Jaeckel Luciana Paluzzi
Cinematography	Yoshikazu Yamasawa
Edited by	Osamu Tanaka
Music by	Toshiaki Tsushima
Production companies	Toei Ram Films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by	Toei Company (Japan) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (United States)
Release dates	December 1, 1968 (1968-12-01) (United States) December 1968 (1968-12) (Japan)
Running time	90 minutes
Countries	Japan United States[discuss]
Languages	English Japanese

The Green Slime (Japanese: ガンマー第3号 宇宙大作戦, Hepburn: Ganmā Daisan Gō: Uchū Daisakusen, lit. 'Gamma 3: The Great Space War') is a 1968 tokusatsu science fiction film directed by Kinji Fukasaku^[1] and produced by Walter Manley and Ivan Reiner.^[2] It was written by William Finger, Tom Rowe and Charles Sinclair^[1][2] from a story by Reiner.^[1] The film was shot in Japan with a Japanese director and film crew, but with the non-Japanese cast of Robert Horton, Richard Jaeckel and Luciana Paluzzi.

After destroying a huge asteroid that was on a rapid collision course with Earth, a group of astronauts discover they have accidentally returned to their space station with an alien slime creature that feeds on radiation and can reproduce rapidly from its own blood.