Flight to Mars (1951)

Directed by

Lesley Selander

Genre

science fiction film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 12m

Rated

T

Rating

5.2 of 10 from 37 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1951, a team of American scientists lands on Mars. They find an underground humanoid civilization that is dying, and the Martians hold the crew captive.

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What happens

Flight to Mars is a 1951 American Cinecolor science-fiction drama film produced by Walter Mirisch, directed by Lesley Selander and starring Marguerite Chapman, Cameron Mitchell, Morris Ankrum and Arthur Franz. Special effects were handled by Jack Cosgrove, Irving Block and Jack Rabin. Edward Haworth was Production designer, David Milton was Art Director and Harry Neumann was the cinematographer. The film's storyline involves the arrival on Mars of an American scientific expedition team who discover that Mars is inhabited by an underground-dwelling but dying civilization that appears to be humanoid. The Martians are suspicious of the men's motives. They keep their visitors as prisoners, never allowing them to return home with the information they have discovered. With the help of some sympathetic Martians, the men plan their escape. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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