George Pal produced; Byron Haskin directed attempt at a realistic portrayal.of a space mission from the moon (where a manned space wheel orbits) to Mars, and the physical and mental troubles that plague the astronauts, doesn't really come off too well, with cliched characters and unfunny comedy relief, though the model work and other F/X are quite variable. Certainly, pales in comparison to the excitement and scale of previous Pal/Haskin collaboration 'The War of the Worlds" (1953) and God knows the ambition, intelligence and realism of later "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968), largely forgotten film is at best innocuous fluff, and now on Blu-ray for viewer to judge.
Review of Conquest of Space
