Rocketship X-M

Rocketship X-M

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

NR 1950 · 77 min · ★ 4.9 · Science Fiction, Adventure

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 determine that an atomic war destroyed most of the Martians. Those that survived reverted to a caveman like existence.

Directed by Kurt Neumann · Written by Kurt Neumann

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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
Tom Coleman Reporter (uncredited)
James Conaty Doctor Taking Lisa's Blood Pressure (uncredited)

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