Red Planet Mars (1952)

It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

A sci fi 50's gem. Love this movie and the ending is shocking but extremely well done. This is a classic of epic proportions. Peter Graves and a great supporting cast played this out with heart and passion. Herbert Berghof also played a great part of the Russian scientist. Also, Walter Sande a staple in the golden age of TV did an admirable job. The cold war era was played out well as the Soviets were always making threats of burying the US. The pictures of Stalin in the background of the Russian scenes is a stark reminder of the evil we faced at that time. Extremely well done and worth watching.

I'm a fan of cheesy old 50's scifi and this was what I was expecting from this film. Sadly its not scifi at all. It's really more pro Christian and anti-communist propaganda and not much else.It's a film that is hard to just watch without either laughing or simply questioning the competence of the director and production team.However I do suggest people watch it interested in how movies have evolved. It's whole premise is quite strange and could never be made in recent times its just too ridiculous.It probably ranks up there with 'Glen or Glenda' in suspect movies that don't actually work and just come across as a bit embarrassing and amateur.There is some very competent actors delivering some amazingly un- inspired lines that often extremely cringe worthy.The film is available on youtube for free to watch and even at that price I feel slightly scammed.It feels like a film that should be watched by a film history class at college and then discussed at length because it throws up so many questions especially who signed the cheque and why.

First, I want to say that this movie was not what I expected from just the title. I was caught up in the story very quickly. Peter Graves is well-cast as the scientist Chris Croyn (sp?) The viewer has to take a lot on faith here. It isn't clear how the "messages" are decoded but that really doesn't matter once we see what the messages say. I found this film to be about clear communication and the panic that can happen when people misinterpret what they hear or read. This is a good one to see because it takes us back to a different time in our history. The Iron Curtain is still there and there is a lot of mistrust. Side note: young Stuart Croyn is a wonderful character! I'm so glad he was given a big part to play!

An American scientist is able to contact and communicate with Mars with shattering political, economic, and spiritual repercussions.I liked that they referenced Franz Calder, a Nazi scientist that apparently helped connect Mars and Earth. I do not know if Calder is real (I suspect not), but this seemed like a reference to von Braun, the Nazi scientist who invented the rocket. Indeed, we owe our space exploration to the Nazis in a round-about way.I am somewhat confused by the idea that if coal mines and oil wells are no longer useful that the next generation will not have jobs. I understand that the oil and coal companies would not want to lose their lucrative business, but I am unclear how this affects potential employees that have not even started yet. If all energy were free, there would still be other jobs -- the money not spent on energy would go to other, more leisurely pursuits.