Conquest of Space
Conquest of Space is a 1955 American Technicolor science fiction film from Paramount Pictures, produced by George Pal, directed by Byron Haskin, and starring Walter Brooke, Eric Fleming and Mickey Shaughnessy.
Eight months later, the general is becoming increasingly mentally unbalanced, focusing on Sgt. Fodors loss as Gods judgement. On the Mars landing approach, he attempts to crash their spaceship, now convinced the mission violates the laws of God. Barney wrests control away from his father, landing the large flying wing gliderrocket safely. Later, as the crew takes their first steps on the Red Planet, they look up and see water pouring down from the now vertical return rocket. Barney quickly discovers the leak is sabotage caused by his father, who threatens his son with a .45 automatic. The two struggle and the pistol discharges, killing the general. Sgt. Mahoney, who observed only the last stages of the struggle, wants Barney confined under arrest with the threat of courtmarshal, but cooler heads prevail Barney becomes the ranking officer.Mars proves to be inhospitable, and they struggle to survive with their decreased water supply. Earths correct orbital position for a return trip is one year away. While glumly celebrating their first Christmas on Mars, a sudden snowstorm blows in, allowing them to replenish their water supply. As their launch window arrives, they hear low rumbling sounds, then see rocks falling, and feel the ground shake violently. The ground level shifts during this violent Marsquake. Their spaceship is now leaning at a precarious angle and can not make an emergency blastoff. To right the spaceship, the crew uses the rocket engines powerful thrust to shift the ground under the landing legs. The attempt works and they blastoff, the spaceship rising just as the Martian surface completely collapses. ........
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