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20 April 1955 (USA)
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See how it will happen - in your lifetime!
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A team of American astronauts leave their space station on the first mission to Mars, but the captain's religious beliefs may get in the way. | add synopsis
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Not quite a classic, but a must for George Pal fans
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Walter Brooke | ... | Gen. Samuel T. Merritt |
| Eric Fleming | ... | Capt. Barney Merritt |
| Mickey Shaughnessy | ... | Sgt. Mahoney |
| Phil Foster | ... | Jackie Siegle |
| William Redfield | ... | Roy Cooper |
| William Hopper | ... | Dr. George Fenton |
| Benson Fong | ... | Imoto |
| Ross Martin | ... | Andre Fodor |
| Vito Scotti | ... | Sanella |
| John Dennis | ... | Donkersgoed |
| Michael Fox | ... | Elsbach |
| Joan Shawlee | ... | Rosie McCann |
| Iphigenie Castiglioni | ... | Mrs. Heinz Fodor |
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Mars Project
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81 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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Ross Martin’s film debut.
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Revealing mistakes: When the engines are turned on during the asteroid scene, strings can be seen holding up the ship.
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Narrator: This is a story of tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow, when men have built a station in space, constructed in the form of a great wheel, and set a thousand miles out from the Earth, fixed by gravity, and turning about the world every two hours, serving a double purpose: an observation post in the heavens, and a place where a spaceship can be assembled, and then launched to explore other planets, and the vast universe itself, in the last and greatest adventure of mankind, the plunge toward the...
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Narrator: This is a story of tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow, when men have built a station in space, constructed in the form of a great wheel, and set a thousand miles out from the Earth, fixed by gravity, and turning about the world every two hours, serving a double purpose: an observation post in the heavens, and a place where a spaceship can be assembled, and then launched to explore other planets, and the vast universe itself, in the last and greatest adventure of mankind, the plunge toward the...
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Referenced in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
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Conquest of Space is certainly worth a look for anyone examining the more realistic (at least at the time) cinematic examinations of space exploration. The space "wheel" scenes might be viewed as primitive precursors to the station in 2001. The acting and script are typical of the era--the comic relief in particular is grating at times. But the effects are well-done, especially shots of approaching rockets viewed from space, and meteoric fragments which bombard a hapless spaceman. A minor effort next to Pal's other films of the period, but not a bad way to spend an hour and a half.