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Director:
Nicholas Webster
Writers:
Michael St. Clair
Aubrey Wisberg (story)
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Release Date:
26 July 1968 (USA) See more »
Genre:
Sci-Fi See more »
Plot:
Three American astronauts who land on Mars discover the body of a frozen Russian cosmonaut and a mysterious talking orb. | Add synopsis »
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User Reviews:
Very daft and dated low budget movie. See more (8 total) »

Cast

  (in credits order)

Darren McGavin ... Col. Mike Blaiswick

Nick Adams ... Nick Grant
George De Vries ... Duncan
Heather Hewitt ... Edith Blaiswick
Michael DeBeausset ... Cliff Lawson
Shirley Parker ... Alice Grant
Bill Kelly ... Russian Astronaut
Chuck Zink ... Radio Technician
Ralph Miller ... Simpson
Art Barker ... Doctor
Monroe Myers ... Lawson's Aide
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jay W. Jensen ... Space Center Worker (uncredited)
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Directed by
Nicholas Webster  (as Nick Webster)
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Michael St. Clair  (as Mike St. Clair)
Aubrey Wisberg  story

Produced by
Lawrence Appelbaum .... associate producer
Mort Fallick .... executive producer (as Morton Fallick)
Everett Rosenthal .... producer
 
Original Music by
Berge Kalajian 
Gus Pardalis 
 
Cinematography by
Clifford H. Poland Jr.  (as Cliff Poland)
 
Film Editing by
Paul Jordan  (as Paul Jordon)
 
Production Design by
Hank Aldrich 
 
Costume Design by
Grover Cole 
 
Makeup Department
Clay Lambert .... makeup artist
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Don Moody .... assistant director
Sal Scoppa Jr. .... assistant director
 
Art Department
Bob Rayley .... property master
 
Sound Department
Jack Barry .... sound
Sanford Rackow .... sound
Robert Sherwood .... sound mixer
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Edward Knott .... grip (as Eddie Knott)
Jim Pergullo .... camera operator
Al Reiners .... gaffer
 
Editorial Department
Michael Calamari .... supervising editor
Craig McKay .... assistant editor
 
Other crew
Doug Green .... production assistant
Barbara Robinson .... script supervisor
Lance Webster .... production assistant
 
Crew believed to be complete


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Runtime:
95 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
Miami, Florida, USASee more »
Company:
Red Ram ProductionsSee more »

Did You Know?

Trivia:
This was the first feature made at the Studio City Complex in Miami, Florida.See more »
Goofs:
Factual errors: Helmets worn by the astronauts on Mars are open to the outside atmosphere rendering their air supply useless (these appear to be painted motorcycle helmets).See more »
Movie Connections:
Featured in 42nd Street Forever, Volume 2: The Deuce (2006) (V)See more »
Soundtrack:
No More TearsSee more »

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6 out of 10 people found the following review useful.
Very daft and dated low budget movie., 28 January 1999
Author: Henry-17

The year: 1968. The movie "2001: A Space Odyssey" sets new technological and intellectual standards in the SF genre. Likewise 1968: The movie "Mission Mars" sets new standards of daftness and technological incompetence in the SF genre. The unsuitable, excruciating title song "No More Tears", sung by Sturg Pardalis (sic!) and played by "The Forum Quorum", already makes you fear the worst. The film introduces us then to the personal and family problems of three astronauts who are chosen to fly to Mars. After this long (very long) intro and lots of Nasa stock footage the movie really gets nonsensical. The "spaceship" is nothing more than a slightly altered tin-can, the helmets of the space suits are open beneath the chin, and the scenes on "Mars" were shot on a very small sound stage without the illusion of a horizon. While Darren McGavin carries this whole nonsense with remarkable seriousness, Nick Adams seems not to be very happy with his part in this trash. "Mission Mars" is a low budget movie better suited for the 50s, but without the charm of most of the SF movies of this period. It's theatrical, third-rate and was already very dated when it was produced.

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