Rocketship X-M (1950)
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The screen's first story of man's conquest of space!
Themes:SurvivalThe Human ConditionIsolationMan Vs. NatureFear Of The UnknownDiscover Similar ThemesMood:DarkForebodingUnsettlingOminousChillingDiscover Similar Mood
Astronauts blast off to explore the moon on Rocketship X-M or "Rocketship eXploration Moon". A spacecraft malfunction and some fuel miscalculations cause them to end up landing on Mars. On Mars, evidence of a once powerful civilization is found. The scientists determined that an atomic war destroyed most of the Martians. Those that survived reverted to a caveman like existence.
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Directed by: Kurt Neumann, Karl Struss, Frank Heath
Written by: Kurt Neumann
Produced by: Murray Lerner, Kurt Neumann
Composed by: Ferde Grofé Sr.
Cast

Lloyd Bridges
Colonel Floyd Graham

Osa Massen
Dr. Lisa Van Horn

John Emery
Dr. Karl Eckstrom

Noah Beery Jr.
Major William Corrigan

Hugh O'Brian
Harry Chamberlain

Morris Ankrum
Dr. Ralph Fleming

Patrick Aherne
Reporter #1

Sherry Moreland
Martian girl

Kathy Marlowe
Reporter

Sam Harris
Reporter at Press Briefing (uncredited)
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