
Conquest of Space(1955)
A team of American astronauts leave their space station on the first mission to Mars, but the captain's religious beliefs may get in the way.


“One U.S. astronaut pitted against all the odds beyond this earth!”
Stranded on Mars with only a monkey as a companion, an astronaut must figure out how to find oxygen, water, and food and companionship on the lifeless planet.

Paul Mantee
Commander Christopher Draper

Victor Lundin
Friday

Adam West
Colonel Dan McReady
The Woolly Monkey
Mona
Robinson Crusoe on Mars is a science fiction, adventure film released in 1964 exploring themes of planet mars, space mission, astronaut, monkey, alien space craft. Directed by Byron Haskin, it stars Paul Mantee, Victor Lundin, Adam West. Stranded on Mars with only a monkey as a companion, an astronaut must figure out how to find oxygen, water, and food and companionship on the lifeless planet.
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