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01/06/1964 Science Fiction, Adventure 1h 50m
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One U.S. astronaut pitted against all the odds beyond this earth!

Overview

Stranded on Mars with only a monkey as a companion, an astronaut must figure out how to find oxygen, water, and food and companionship on the lifeless planet.

  1. Byron Haskin

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Paul Mantee

    Commander Christopher Draper

  2. Victor Lundin

    Friday

  3. Adam West

    Colonel Dan McReady

  4. The Woolly Monkey

    Mona

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2014-09-06
Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)

The title does the film no favours at all because it kind of reeks of daft Z movie origins, in fact if I hadn't looked up some research on the film prior to viewing it, I would have expected a comedy! This is an interesting variant on the much loved Daniel Defoe story about Robinson Crusoe, only as the title suggests, this is set on Mars. Whilst orbiting Mars, Commander Kit Draper is forced to eject and is stranded on Mars with only his wits and Mona the monkey for company. Here he has to source all the basic ingredients to stay alive, but he finds that mans n...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$1,200,000.00

Revenue
$0.00

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