Red Planet Mars

Starring: Morris Ankrum, Vince Barnett, Herbert Berghof, et al.

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• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 827421000774
• Release Date: January 1
• Rating: Unrated (Not Rated)
• Publisher: Cheezy Flicks Ent
• Director: Harry Horner
• Starring: Morris Ankrum, Vince Barnett, Herbert Berghof, Willis B. Bouchey, Peter Graves, Tom Keene, Bill Kennedy, Andrea King, Orley Lindgren, Lewis Martin
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: multiple_formats
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

AKA message from Mars

The movie was made at a time when everyone was into the Red Scare. A nuclear family has the means and knowledge to build a device (from blueprints from an NSPD criminal, Franz Calder, played by Herbert Berghof) to transmit to a 1952 version of Mars. As with movies that make things up, they use Pi as a universal number when the real world uses Pi/4 (0.7853982) to build and calculate volumes. Using a new hydrogen technology, Chris Cronyn (Peter Graves) sends a message to Mars. A message appears to be returned. The content disrupts economics and supports the concept of theocracies over democracies (Iran is a theocracy). However, it is not so much the messages that catch your eye as the 1950's stereotypes. The nuclear family is just missing the family dog. The wife (Andrea King), even though standing beside her husband, is more behind him and fears her own shadow. The commies are ruthless and dumb. The president (this is before we started to denigrate presidents) is fair and benign. I can go on, but you get the idea. Now it is amusing to watch in retrospect. But if any of these people existed today, it would be scary. Peter Graves gets to play the good guy, "look to the future" father. Arjenian (Marvin Miller), the confused bad guy (typical 50's commie), can be seen again as Michael Anthony in the 1955 TV series “The Millionaire.”