Mission Mars
Cast & Crew
Nicholas Webster
Darren Mcgavin
Nick Adams
George De Vries
Heather Hewitt
Michael De Beausset
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
U. S. astronauts Mike Blaiswick, Nick Grant, and Duncan blast off from Cape Kennedy on the first American space flight to Mars. As they approach their rendezvous with an orbiting supply ship, they are horrified to see the frozen, lifeless bodies of two Russian astronauts, the victims of an unsuccessful Soviet flight to Mars. Upon landing on the planet, the astronauts find the body of another Russian. While Grant takes the body back to the spaceship, Mike and Duncan are attacked by a strange mechanical object called a polarite, which is activated by the sun's rays. After immobilizing the polarite, they contact Earth and are ordered to terminate their mission immediately. Before they can do so, however, a huge glowing sphere neutralizes the ship's rocket power and engulfs Duncan. Mike and Grant notice that the Russian astronaut has returned to life, and he tells the Americans that the polarite can only be stopped by blocking its source of solar energy. Though it costs him his life, Grant uses his laser gun to temporarily reduce the magnetic hold of the planet, thereby enabling Mike and the Russian to return safely to Earth.
Director
Nicholas Webster
Cast
Darren Mcgavin
Nick Adams
George De Vries
Heather Hewitt
Michael De Beausset
Shirley Parker
Bill E. Kelly
Chuck Zink
Ralph Miller
Art Barker
Monroe Myers
The Forum Quorum
Crew
Hank Aldrich
Lawrence Applebaum
John W. Barry
Michael Calamari
Grover Cole
Mort Fallick
Haberstroh Studios
Paul Jordan
Berge Kalajian
Gus Pardalis
Clifford Poland
Sanford Rackow
Everett Rosenthal
Sal Scoppa
Mike St. Clair
Aubrey Wisberg
Film Details
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Quotes
Trivia
This was the first feature made at the Studio City Complex in Miami, Florida.
Notes
Copyright length: 95 min. Filmed on location in and around Miami.
