The Starfighters

The Starfighters
Theatrical release poster
Directed byWill Zens
Written byWill Zens
Produced byWill Zens
StarringRobert Dornan
Richard Jordahl
Richard Masters
CinematographyLeif Rise
Edited byMichael David
Music byStephen Paul
Production
company
Riviera Productions
Distributed byParade Releasing Organization
Release date
  • March 25, 1964 (1964-03-25) (U.S.)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Starfighters is a 1964 American Cold War film written, produced and directed by Will Zens, and starring Bob Dornan, Richard Jordahl and Richard Masters. In an unusual twist based on the storyline of a pilot and his congressman father, pilot and actor Dornan would seek and win election as a U.S. congressman in California.

The Starfighters did not go into wide release. It was the subject of episode 12 of the sixth season of Comedy Central's Mystery Science Theater 3000 and was labeled one of their "10 most unwatchable films" viewed by Paste magazine.