1950/06/02 (US) | Science Fiction, Adventure
The screen's first story of man's conquest of space!
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.
Kurt Neumann
Director
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
$ 94,000
$ 0
Released
Orville H. Hampton
Dialogue
Murray Lerner
Executive Producer
Ferde Grofé Sr.
Original Music Composer
Clarence Steensen
Set Decoration
Don L. Cash
Makeup Artist
Betty Sinclair
Production Manager
Mike Matney
Production Manager