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Director: Byron Haskin
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From Time Out Film Guide
Totally bizarre sci-fi epic, mounting a 'realistic' attempt at an expedition to Mars, which has some animated segments as pretty as 2001. This George Pal project tries elaborately (and presumably expensively) for authenticity, and naturally gets it all wrong. But there's something pleasantly loony about the whole thing, from the chicken-pie capsules down to the anti-gravity zip-up boots. At one point the script even has its chief astronaut denouncing the entire mission as a 'cursed abomination' when he gets a touch of religion. A fascinating relic.Author: DP
Cast & crew
Director: Byron Haskin
Producer: George Pal
Cast: Walter Brooke, Eric Fleming, Mickey Shaughnessy, William Hopper, Ross Martin, Joan Shawlee full cast
Genre(s): Science Fiction
Duration: 81 mins
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