Rocketship X-M
1950 film by Kurt Neumann / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rocketship X-M (a.k.a. Expedition Moon and originally Rocketship Expedition Moon) is a 1950 American black-and-white science fiction film from Lippert Pictures, the first outer space adventure of the post-World War II era. The film was produced and directed by Kurt Neumann and stars Lloyd Bridges, Osa Massen, John Emery, Noah Beery Jr., Hugh O'Brian, and Morris Ankrum.
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Directed by | Kurt Neumann |
Screenplay by | Kurt Neumann Orville H. Hampton (additional dialogue) Dalton Trumbo (Martian sequence, uncredited) |
Produced by | Kurt Neumann Murray Lerner (executive) Robert L. Lippert (presenter) |
Starring | Lloyd Bridges Osa Massen John Emery Noah Beery Jr. Hugh O'Brian Morris Ankrum |
Cinematography | Karl Struss |
Edited by | Harry Gerstad |
Music by | Ferde Grofé |
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Distributed by | Lippert Pictures |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
Country | United States |
Budget | $94,000 |
Rocketship X-M tells the story of a Moon expedition gone awry. Through a series of unforeseen events, the expedition's crew find themselves on the infamous red planet, Mars. During their time on the planet they go on to discover the remnants of a Martian civilization destroyed long ago by atomic war and now reverted to barbarism.[1]