Rocketship X-M
“The screen's first story of man's conquest of space!”
Certified Crap. CrapScore 52, rated by 1 admin.
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An expedition intended for the Moon makes an extraordinary navigational error and arrives on Mars. The earnest science invites modern raised eyebrows, but the attention to characters and the darker discovery give this early space adventure more substance than its hurried production suggests.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 3.5/10
- Plot
- 6.5/10
- Effects
- 4.5/10
- Dialogue
- 5.5/10
- Rewatchability
- 6/10
“One small miscalculation, one very different planet.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 52
Synopsis and movie facts
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 determine that an atomic war destroyed most of the Martians. Those that survived reverted to a caveman like existence.
- Released
- 1950
- Directed by
- Kurt Neumann
- Running time
- 77 min
Starring
- Lloyd Bridges as Colonel Floyd Graham
- Osa Massen as Dr. Lisa Van Horn
- John Emery as Dr. Karl Eckstrom
- Noah Beery Jr. as Major William Corrigan
- Hugh O'Brian as Harry Chamberlain
- Morris Ankrum as Dr. Ralph Fleming
- Patrick Aherne as Reporter #1
- Sherry Moreland as Martian girl
Research behind this pick
Researched . Explore the film references and reviews below.
- Film reference · themoviedb.org
Canonical film identity, release date, runtime, director credits, cast, genres, synopsis and poster checked against TMDB movie 37744.
- Review · moriareviews.com
The review praises the script and character focus while noting the contrast with real lunar exploration.
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