5.6
The first manned flight to Mars returns after having been out of communications since it had arrived on Mars. What would it reveal?
Gerald Mohr
Col. Thomas O`Bannion
Naura Hayden
Dr. Iris Ryan
Les Tremayne
Prof. Theodore Gettell
Jack Kruschen
CWO Sam Jacobs
Paul Hahn
Maj. Gen. George Treeger
J. Edward McKinley
Prof. Paul Weiner
Tom Daly
Dr. Frank Gordon
Don Lamond
TV Newscaster / Narrator / Martian (voice)
Edward Innes
Brig. Gen. Alan Prescott
Gordon Barnes
Maj. Lyman Ross
Jack Haddock
Lt. Col. Davis
Brandy Bryan
Nurse Hayes
Joan Fitzpatrick
Nurse Dixon
Duke Norton
Dr. Muller
William Remick
Dr. Hawley
David De Haven
Air Force News Photographer
Arline Hunter
Joan
Alean 'Bambi' Hamilton
Joan's Friend
Fred Ross
Air Force News Photographer
Director, Screenplay
Ib Melchior
Screenplay, Story
Sidney W. Pink
September 12, 2015
5
Is Mars Rocket Crew Alive?
So screams the newspaper headline when it is found that the Mars expedition rocket is on its way back to Earth. When only two of the four original crew are found on board, one with a horrible fungus growth attached to him, the scientists and doctors desperately try to get to the bottom of what happened on the mission.
It's a raging "B" schlocker, but a fun one. Filmed in "CineMagic" in New Eastman Color 5250 no less! It essentially pits the crew, three men and one woman, in a situation where they land on Mars, gel in various ways, then start going out onto the Red Planet itself to gather information etc.
The art designers bathe everything in red, using a whole ream of interesting paintings to project an alien planet, and then the fun really starts. The creatures arrive, including one legendary rat/spider hybrid that is an absolute riot. Suspense exists, even though the acting is distinctly average, and et voilà! Story has unfolded and the big message ends the pic.
Nutty sci-fi movie for sure, but the makers kinda get away with the cheapness of it all, and that is something that not all "B" schlockers can say is that! 5/10
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$190,000.00
Revenue:
$0.00