Red Planet Mars (1952)
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26% of users liked it
(218 ratings)
A husband-and-wife scientist team (Peter Graves, Andrea King) are experimenting with a "hydrogen tube" invention (which he got from a missing German scientist, lost in the collapse of the Reich), when they get signals back from what appears to be Mars. The culture-shock of that event is… More A husband-and-wife scientist team (Peter Graves, Andrea King) are experimenting with a "hydrogen tube" invention (which he got from a missing German scientist, lost in the collapse of the Reich), when they get signals back from what appears to be Mars. The culture-shock of that event is serious enough, and the couple and their family are suddenly thrust into the spotlight. But then they begin to translate the increasingly complex messages (which started out as mathematical equations) that they receive back, and find that Mars is a perfect world, a true Utopia, and that the messages are quoting Scripture -- and the inevitable conclusion is that God is speaking from Mars. Soon a religious revival starts to spread across the globe. What they don't realize is that the messages are a very calculated fraud, being engineered by a Communist operative (Marvin Miller) and carried out by the scientist (Herbert Berghof) who invented the hydogen tube, and who now has an even more sinister agenda of his own. ~ Bruce Eder, Rovi
- Directed By
- Harry Horner
- Written By
- Anthony Veiller, John L. Balderston
- Genres
- Classics, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- May 15, 1952 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Rob Humanick, Suite101.com
Achieves genuine science fiction with a nearly entire absence of sci-fi subjects on screen.
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Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Tedious McCarthyesque nonsense as sci-fi.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
One of the most obnoxious sci-fi films ever.
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Cast
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Peter Graves
as Chris Cronyn
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Andrea King
as Linda Cronyn
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Orley Lindgren
as Steward Cronyn
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Walter Sande
as Adm. Carey
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Marvin Miller
as Arjenian
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Herbert Berghof
as Franz Calder
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Willis B. Bouchey
as President
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Morris Ankrum
as Secretary Sparks
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Lewis Martin
as Dr. Mitchell
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House Peters Jr.
as Dr. Boulting
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Claude Dunkin
as Peter Lewis
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Gene Roth
as UMW President
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Bill Kennedy
as Commentator
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Vince Barnett
as Man
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Tom Keene
as Gen. Burdette
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Anthony Veiller
as Roger Cronyn
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Grace Lenard
as Woman
