8of13 --- Robinson Crusoe on Mars

This is part 8 of a 13 part episode. To watch the full show go to my channel (Zuke05) then go to my Playlist, find the show then click Play All - When his spaceship crash-lands on Mars, astronaut Kit Draper (Paul Mantee) must figure out how to survive on the barren, lifeless planet with only a monkey to keep him company in this 1964 sci-fi take on Daniel Defoe's classic novel. As Draper searches for food, water and oxygen, he eventually discovers that the dead planet may actually harbor life -- but it's not clear whether the Martians are friends or foes.

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• Mars
• Robinson
• Crusoe
• Space
• Ships
• Crash
• Landing
• Astronaut
• Classic
• Movie
• Novel
• Survival
• Planet
• Life
• ET
• Martians

[lazyel]

The ship were automated mining machines designed to blast out minerals from the surrounding martian encampment. They were not design to target people in the beginning later they would used to hunt down run away slaves.

[pavellujardo]

A portable self-contained video/sound recorder/player was definitely science fiction back then. I like how they designed to look believable (by the standards of the time) it looks like a piece of military equipment, instead of some crazy "Jetsons" thing with plexiglass fins and blinking vacuum tubes.

[abc123gpl]

they can fly at lightspeed but they still can,t shot properly LOL !

[scotpens]

@sofalogic Same shape as the Martian ships from War of the Worlds, but different models — smaller and more crudely made. Look at the close-up shots and you can see the chisel marks and paint streaks!

RCOM made very effective use of Death Valley locations combined with matted-in Martian skies.

[sofalogic]

Ships are from war of the Worlds too. (Original 1950's) Aas mentioned below the Sound effects. visual effects are better by 10 years.

[eotto2001]

I hate to break the news to you guys but in 1964 the cameras were huge and heavy they needed to carted around on a dolly... Some required a guy to operate the camera and another to push it around. They had small ones but they were about as big a bread box and the electronics were on a backpack. They were wire connected. The ones they used on the Apollo were the smallest at the time but some five years later after this movie was shot. They were three times larger than the one here. ;-)

[harwicke]

Those sounds the space ships make where used in War of the Worlds.

[colin2468]

cancel i just found it

[colin2468]

where is No 9 of 13 ???

[azzorroww]

@mattghtpa opinion on the ships a very good observation, when i saw the title to this movie, i thought it was a dummied down sf flick glad i took a chance to watch and i agree the first half is insightful, a struggle for survival excellently portrayed by actor and script, it kind of falls down when the alien is introduced it should of stayed on a survival arc man vs planet concept where the astronaunt would perhaps have to consider eatting mona now i must watch the rest of this movie.