Rocketship X-M

"The screen's first story of man's conquest of space!"

Jun 2 1950 Approved 1h 17m
Sci-Fi

Astronauts blast off to explore the moon on Rocketship X-M or "Rocketship eXploration Moon". A spacecraft malfunction and some fuel miscalculations cause them to end up landing on Mars. On Mars, evidence of a once powerful civilization is found. The scientists determined that an atomic war destroyed most of the Martians. Those that survived reverted to a caveman like existence.

Plot

Astronauts (Lloyd Bridges, Osa Massen, John Emery, Noah Beery, Jr., and Hugh O'Brien) blast off to explore the moon. Because of craft malfunction and some fuel calculations, they end up landing on Mars. On Mars, evidence of a once powerful civilization is found. The scientists determine that an atomic war destroyed most of the Martians (who surprisingly look like humans). Those that survived reverted to a caveman-like existence.

Written by

Orville H. Hampton, Kurt Neumann, Dalton Trumbo

Directed by

Kurt Neumann

Cast

Lloyd Bridges, Osa Massen, John Emery

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Lippert Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

1 nomination

Trailers
Rocketship X-M (1950) - Movie Trailer
Scores
# of Votes
2,657
Average Rating
4.9 out of 10
Metascore
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