Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)

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 full article

Robinson Crusoe on Mars ( 1964 )

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 crew eject... Read full article

Robinson Crusoe on Mars ( 1964 )

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 crew eject... Read full article

Robinson Crusoe on Mars ( 1964 )

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 crew eject... Read full article

Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964, Byron Haskin)

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 q... Read full article