Robinson Crusoe on Mars


Robinson Crusoe on Mars is a 1964 independently made color Techniscope science fiction film distributed by Paramount Pictures that was produced by Aubrey Schenck, directed by Byron Haskin, and stars Paul Mantee, Victor Lundin, and Adam West.

Commander Christopher Kit Draper Paul Mantee and Colonel Dan McReady Adam West reach the Red Planet in their spaceship, Mars Gravity Probe 1. They are forced to use up their remaining fuel in order to avoid an imminent collision with a large orbiting meteoroid they descend in their oneman lifeboat pods, becoming the first humans on Mars.Draper eventually finds a rock face cave for shelter. He figures out how to obtain the rest of what he needs to survive he burns some coallike rocks for warmth after discovering that heating them releases trapped oxygen. This allows him to refill his air tanks with a hand pump and to move around in the thin Martian atmosphere. On one of his excursions, he finds McReadys crashed pod and dead body. He then finds their flighttest monkey, Mona, alive and returns with her to the cave. Draper then constructs a crude sand alarm clock to awaken him for periodic doses of oxygen. ........

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