Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on March 21, 2018

Robinson Crusoe on Mars Directed by Byron Haskin Written by Ib Melchior and John C. Higgins from a novel by Daniel Defoe 1964/USA Aubrey Schenck Productions First viewing/Netflix rental Just what you’d expect from the title and pretty fun to boot. Two astronauts and a woolly monkey are orbi   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on November 20, 2015

A lone astronaut pitted against all the odds beyond this earth. In the not too distant future, a two-manned spacecraft, the Mars Gravity Probe 1, nearly avoids a collision with an asteroid on its route to the red planet. The ship cannot hold altitude after altering its trajectory so the...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on November 20, 2015

A lone astronaut pitted against all the odds beyond this earth. In the not too distant future, a two-manned spacecraft, the Mars Gravity Probe 1, nearly avoids a collision with an asteroid on its route to the red planet. The ship cannot hold altitude after altering its trajectory so the...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on November 20, 2015

A lone astronaut pitted against all the odds beyond this earth. In the not too distant future, a two-manned spacecraft, the Mars Gravity Probe 1, nearly avoids a collision with an asteroid on its route to the red planet. The ship cannot hold altitude after altering its trajectory so the...   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on July 20, 2015

Robinson Crusoe on Mars is silly. It’s inconsistent and silly. The film survives a weak first act–the narrative trick of opening with one character (played, poorly, by Adam West) and then transferring to another (Paul Mantee) is fine, only Mantee doesn’t get any good material for   read more

Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on July 2, 2014

I could have sworn that Robinson Crusoe on Mars was produced by George Pal. However, as a recent viewing confirmed, Pal played no role in the making of this 1964 cult classic. If it seems like a Pal picture, that's because it was directed by Byron Haskin. A former special...   read more