Flight to Mars

Flight to Mars (1951)

The Most Fantastic Expedition Ever Conceived by Man!

Four scientists and a newsman crash land on Mars and meet martians who act friendly.

Date of release
1951-11-11
TMDB
5.2 / 10 (38)
Runtime
1h 12m
Genres
Science Fiction, Thriller
Director
Lesley Selander

Casting

Interesting facts

Flight to Mars is a 1951 American Cinecolor science-fiction drama film produced by Walter Mirisch, directed by Lesley Selander and starring Marguerite Chapman, Cameron Mitchell, Morris Ankrum and Arthur Franz. Special effects were handled by Jack Cosgrove, Irving Block and Jack Rabin. Edward Haworth was Production designer, David Milton was Art Director and Harry Neumann was the cinematographer.

Production

The plot of Flight to Mars bears some similarities with that of the Russian silent film Aelita, although Flight to Mars is a low-budget "quickie" shot in just five days.

The film's principal location photography took place in Death Valley, California from May 11 through late May 1951.

Except for some of the flight instruments, Flight to Mars reuses the interior flight deck sets, somewhat redressed, and other interior props from Lippert Pictures' 1950 science-fiction feature Rocketship X-M. The sound effects from Rocketship X-M are reused, as are the concepts of space flight.

A sequel, Voyage to Venus, was proposed but never produced.

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