
This Island Earth(1955)
Aliens have landed and are hiding on Earth, but need Earth’s scientists to help them fight an inter-planetary war.


“The screen's first story of man's conquest of space!”
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.

Lloyd Bridges
Colonel Floyd Graham

Osa Massen
Dr. Lisa Van Horn

John Emery
Dr. Karl Eckstrom

Noah Beery Jr.
Major William Corrigan

Hugh O'Brian
Harry Chamberlain

Morris Ankrum
Dr. Ralph Fleming

Patrick Aherne
Reporter #1

Sherry Moreland
Martian girl
John Dutra
Physician

Kathy Marlowe
Reporter
Rocketship X-M is a science fiction, adventure film released in 1950 exploring themes of space travel. Directed by Kurt Neumann, it stars Lloyd Bridges, Osa Massen, John Emery. 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.
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