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Rocketship X-M (1950)

02/06/1950 (US)Science Fiction, Adventure1h 17m
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The screen's first story of man's conquest of space!

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

    1. Lloyd Bridges

      Lloyd Bridges

      Colonel Floyd Graham

    2. Osa Massen

      Osa Massen

      Dr. Lisa Van Horn

    3. John Emery

      John Emery

      Dr. Karl Eckstrom

    4. Noah Beery Jr.

      Noah Beery Jr.

      Major William Corrigan

    5. Hugh O'Brian

      Hugh O'Brian

      Harry Chamberlain

    6. Morris Ankrum

      Morris Ankrum

      Dr. Ralph Fleming

    7. Patrick Aherne

      Patrick Aherne

      Reporter #1

    8. Sherry Moreland

      Sherry Moreland

      Martian girl

    9. John Dutra

      Physician

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    5.0
    Written by CinemaSerf on Dec 27, 2022

    It's just a bit too derivative, this film. Lloyd Bridges and his team of astronauts set off for the moon, but en route they are thrown off course and end up landing on Mars. It doesn't take them long to discovers the remains of a substantial civiliation on the surface - a society that looks as if it met a pretty violent end. Further exploration reveals that there are survivors - but are they friend or foe, and can they help our travellers get home? I was never an huge fan of Bridges, and here he and his perfect coiffure go through the motions with little engagement as, to be fair, do the contr...

    StatusReleased

    Original LanguageEnglish

    Budget$94,000.00

    Revenue-

    Keywords

    • space travel