Liked everything but the VERY heavy Christian messaging. Was this produced by the church?!
Red Planet Mars
SEE! The first contact between Earth and Mars!
Rating
2.0 (1)
Release Date
5/15/1952Runtime
87 minsGenres
Overview
Husband-and-wife scientists pick up a pie-in-the-sky TV message supposedly from Mars.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
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How It Feels
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A Cold War-era sci-fi parable that uses first contact with Mars as a lens for examining fear, faith, and geopolitical tension on Earth. The film's earnest pulp aesthetic belies its deep anxieties about science, belief, and what we project onto the unknown.
Mood
ParanoidUnsettlingHopeful
Themes
FaithTechnologyComing apart
Tone
Earnest
Pacing
Steady
Look
NaturalisticDocumentary-like
Structure
Linear
Peter Graves
Chris Cronyn
Andrea King
Linda Cronyn
Herbert Berghof
Franz Calder
Marvin Miller
Arjenian
Orley Lindgren
Stewart Cronyn
Walter Sande
Admiral Bill Carey
Willis Bouchey
President
Morris Ankrum
Secretary of Defense Sparks
George Blagoi
Russian Official (uncredited)
Bayard Veiller
Roger Cronyn
Tom Keene
Maj. Gen. George Burdette
Colin Kenny
Mine Owner
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