Red Planet Mars

May 15, 1952

1h 27m

★ 4.8

SEE! The first contact between Earth and Mars!

Overview

Husband-and-wife scientists pick up a pie-in-the-sky TV message supposedly from Mars.

Genres

Science Fiction

Production Companies

United Artists

Melaby Pictures

Red Planet Mars Trailers

Cast

Chris Cronyn

Peter Graves

Linda Cronyn

Andrea King

Franz Calder

Herbert Berghof

Arjenian

Marvin Miller

Stewart Cronyn

Orley Lindgren

Admiral Bill Carey

Walter Sande

President

Willis Bouchey

Secretary of Defense Sparks

Morris Ankrum

Russian Official (uncredited)

George Blagoi

Roger Cronyn

Bayard Veiller

Maj. Gen. George Burdette

Tom Keene

Mine Owner

Colin Kenny

After their father is called into work, two young boys, Walter and Danny, are left in the care of their teenage sister, Lisa, and told they must stay inside. Walter and Danny, who anticipate a boring day, are shocked when they begin playing Zathura, a space-themed board game, which they realize has mystical powers when their house is shot into space. With the help of an astronaut, the boys attempt to return home.

5.2

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5.6

The Angry Red Planet

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6.7

Scanners

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After a man with extraordinary, and frighteningly destructive, telepathic abilities is nabbed by agents from a mysterious rogue corporation, he discovers he is far from the only possessor of such strange powers. Some of the other “scanners” have their minds set on world domination, while others are trying to stop them.

6.4

Darkman

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Dr. Peyton Westlake is on the verge of realizing a major breakthrough in synthetic skin when his laboratory is destroyed by gangsters. Having been burned beyond recognition and forever altered by an experimental medical procedure, Westlake becomes known as Darkman, assuming alternate identities in his quest for revenge and a new life with a former love.

6.2

Paycheck

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Michael Jennings is a genius who's hired – and paid handsomely – by high-tech firms to work on highly sensitive projects, after which his short-term memory is erased so he's incapable of breaching security. But at the end of a three-year job, he's told he isn't getting a paycheck and instead receives a mysterious envelope. In it are clues he must piece together to find out why he wasn't paid – and why he's now in hot water.

5.6

The Lawnmower Man

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7.5

The Invisible Man

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5.3

Back to Gaya

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5.9

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6.8

Creature from the Black Lagoon

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7.5

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

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5.6

Hulk

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Bruce Banner, a genetics researcher with a tragic past, suffers massive radiation exposure in his laboratory that causes him to transform into a raging green monster when he gets angry.

0.0

Jen Ni Estas

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5.1

The Animal

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When loser Marvin Mange is involved in a horrible car accident, he's brought back to life by a deranged scientist as half man and half animal. His newfound powers are awesome -- but their adverse side effects could take over his life. Now, Marvin must fight to control his crazy primal urges around his new squeeze, Rianna, and his rival, Sgt. Sisk, who both think he's one cool cat.

0.0

Kino Kopf

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Born from steel and glass Kino Kopf is created by two inventors. They are assembled by their mother, a nurturing artist, and their Father a greedy entrepreneur. Kino Kopf is the first of its kind a sentient humanoid VHS camera. They are given a life by their mother but presented to the world by their father. Kino Kopf is the next big sensation and spurs a technological revolution. They are soon forgotten and alone as new models surpass them. Kino Kopf is left alone to contemplate if they ever had a soul, as visions of an electric cowboy dance through their dreams.

5.9

Lake Placid

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5.4

Phantoms

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5.6

My Favorite Martian

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