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An American scientist is able to contact and communicate with Mars with shattering political, economic, and spiritual repercussions.An American scientist is able to contact and communicate with Mars with shattering political, economic, and spiritual repercussions.An American scientist is able to contact and communicate with Mars with shattering political, economic, and spiritual repercussions.
Ben Astar
- Russian Commissar
- (uncredited)
Vince Barnett
- Seedy Man Listening to Radio
- (uncredited)
George Barrows
- Steel Worker
- (uncredited)
George Blagoi
- Russian Official
- (uncredited)
Eumenio Blanco
- Official
- (uncredited)
George Bruggeman
- Steel Worker
- (uncredited)
Robert Carson
- President's Aide
- (uncredited)
James Conaty
- Secretary of the Navy
- (uncredited)
Paul Cristo
- Worshipper
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAt the end of the film, the President, speaking of the sacrifice by Chris and Linda Cronyn, says "the whole earth is their sepulcher". That phrase appears in the Garden of the Missing at the American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-mer above Omaha Beach in Normandy. In the cemetery the full phrase is "Here are recorded the names of Americans who gave their lives in the service of their country and who sleep in unknown graves. This is their memorial. The whole earth is their sepulcher, comrades in arms whose resting place is known only to God."
- GoofsLinda Cronyn (a scientist) states 'Albert Einstein split the atom'. Albert Einstein had no part in the splitting of the atom. His work predicted what would happen if it was split.
- Quotes
Dr. Boulting - Mitchell's Assistant: Doyou seriously believe that you've established contact with Mars?
Chris Cronyn: [Somewhat annoyed] Well, you take pictures of it. Why shouldn't I talk to it?
- Crazy creditsAt the end of the movie, "The Beginning" appears on the screen.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Weirdo with Wadman: Red Planet Mars (1963)
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Completely Corny, Heavy Handed Attempt to Meld the Topical Communist Red Scare with Sci-Fi and an Over-the-Top Christian Religiosity.
Sombre, and seemingly Unaware of the Self-Conscious Sermon Like Dialog and Christian Witnessing that Permeates the Proceedings, Especially in the Second-Half.
It Starts with a Science-Fiction Template of a Communications Scientist Trying to Send and Receive Signals to and From the Red Planet.
The Interjection of a Russian Scientist Attempting the Same and the First-Half is Played rather Straight with the East-West Cold War.
Somewhere around the Middle the Movie Ratchets Up the Paranoia.
It goes way Out-There once Signals seem to be Received Regarding an Advance Knowledge of Futuristic Natural Resource Economy and the Ability to gain Abundance from very Little.
In the Third Act All Hell Breaks Loose Literally as Things become Ultra-Religious with Orthodox Imagery, Bible Verse, and a Satan Worshiper.
It's one of those that is Difficult to Describe and has to be Seen to be Believed.
Worth a Watch for just that Reason.
It is one that is so Out of Orbit from the Usual Stuff that it will Not be Forgotten.
Sombre, and seemingly Unaware of the Self-Conscious Sermon Like Dialog and Christian Witnessing that Permeates the Proceedings, Especially in the Second-Half.
It Starts with a Science-Fiction Template of a Communications Scientist Trying to Send and Receive Signals to and From the Red Planet.
The Interjection of a Russian Scientist Attempting the Same and the First-Half is Played rather Straight with the East-West Cold War.
Somewhere around the Middle the Movie Ratchets Up the Paranoia.
It goes way Out-There once Signals seem to be Received Regarding an Advance Knowledge of Futuristic Natural Resource Economy and the Ability to gain Abundance from very Little.
In the Third Act All Hell Breaks Loose Literally as Things become Ultra-Religious with Orthodox Imagery, Bible Verse, and a Satan Worshiper.
It's one of those that is Difficult to Describe and has to be Seen to be Believed.
Worth a Watch for just that Reason.
It is one that is so Out of Orbit from the Usual Stuff that it will Not be Forgotten.
- LeonLouisRicci
- Sep 8, 2021
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- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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