Starcrash

Starcrash
Starcrash
	Film poster by John Solie
Directed by	Luigi Cozzi
Screenplay by	Luigi Cozzi; Nat Wachsberger; R.A. Dillon;
Produced by	Nat Wachsberger; Patrick Wachsberger;
Starring	Marjoe Gortner; Caroline Munro; David Hasselhoff; Joe Spinell; Robert Tessier; Nadia Cassini; Judd Hamilton; Christopher Plummer;
Cinematography	Paul Beeson; Roberto D'Ettorre Piazzoli;
Edited by	Sergio Montanari
Music by	John Barry
Production; companies	Bancom Audiovision Corporation; Film Enterprise Production;
Distributed by	Fida Cinematografica (Italy); New World Pictures (U.S.);
Release dates	10 December 1978 (West Germany); 3 January 1979 (Italy); 9 March 1979 (U.S.);
Running time	94 minutes
Countries	Italy; United States;
Language	English
Budget	$4 million
Box office	$2,250,000

Starcrash (Italian: Scontri stellari oltre la terza dimensione, lit. 'Starfights Beyond the Third Dimension') is a 1978 space opera film directed and co-written by Luigi Cozzi, and starring Marjoe Gortner, Caroline Munro, David Hasselhoff, Joe Spinell and Christopher Plummer.

Widely regarded as a "cash-in" on the unprecedented success of Star Wars, the film was an international co-production between Italy and the United States. Filmed at Cinecittà studios in Rome, the film was produced independently by the father-and-son duo of Nat and Patrick Wachsburger. It features a musical score composed by John Barry.

Released by New World Pictures on December 10, 1978, it received generally negative reviews from critics, but has developed a cult following. The film was riffed on by Mystery Science Theater 3000 in the first reboot season.