The Angry Red Planet
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| The Angry Red Planet | |
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 The Angry Red Planet film poster |
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| Directed by | Ib Melchior |
| Produced by | Sidney W. Pink, Norman Maurer (jointly as "Sino Productions"), Lou Perlof |
| Written by | Sidney W. Pink and Ib Melchior |
| Starring | Gerald Mohr, Nora Hayden, Jack Kruschen, Les Tremayne, Paul Hahn |
| Music by | Paul Dunlap |
| Cinematography | Stanley Cortez |
| Editing by | Ivan J. Hoffman |
| Distributed by | American International Pictures |
| Release date(s) | November 1959 (limited), May 1960 (nationwide USA) |
| Running time | 83 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $200,000 (US) |
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The Angry Red Planet is a 1959 science fiction film directed by Ib Melchior and produced by Sidney W. Pink.
The film is also known as Invasion of Mars and Journey to Planet Four, and was shot in only ten days using eighteen sets.
Our first manned flight to Mars returns after being thought lost in space.
Two months after it was presumed lost, the rocketship MR-1 is discovered in a stationary orbit around the Earth. Attempts to raise the crew via radio fail, so a decision is made to land the spacecraft under remote control.
Two survivors are found on board, Dr. Iris Ryan and Colonel Tom O'Bannion, the latter's arm covered with a strange alien growth. Racing against time to find a cure for his condition, Dr. Ryan recalls the mission's fateful journey:
After landing on Mars, the well-armed crew (Dr. Ryan, Colonel O'Bannion, Chief Warrant Officer Sam Jacobs, and Professor Theodore Gettell) set out to explore the planet's red-tinted surface. They find carnivorous plants, and are attacked at every turn by horrific creatures, including a giant "batratspidercrab" and a huge amoeba with a rotating eye. Battling for their lives, the survivors make it back to the ship and ultimately receive a warning from the Martians never to return unbidden.
