Rocketship X-M
Rocketship X-M (a.k.a. Expedition Moon and originally Rocketship Expedition Moon) is a 1950 American black-and-white science fiction film from Lippert Pictures, the first outer space adventure of the post-World War II era. The film was produced and directed by Kurt Neumann and stars Lloyd Bridges, Osa Massen, John Emery, Noah Beery Jr., Hugh O'Brian, and Morris Ankrum.
Plot
Four men and a woman blast into outer space from the White Sands Proving Ground aboard the RX-M (Rocketship Expedition-Moon) on humanity's first expedition to the Moon. Halfway there, after surviving their jettisoned and runaway first stage and a meteoroid storm, their engines suddenly quit. Recalculating fuel ratios and swapping around their multiple, different fuels corrects the problem, supposedly allowing continuing to the Moon. When the engines are reignited, the RX-M careens out of control on a rapid heading beyond the Moon. The increased acceleration causes the crew pass out. Reviving days later, they quickly discover that they have traveled some 50,000,000 miles; the RX-M is now just 50,000 miles away from Mars. Dr. Karl Eckstrom is forced to "pause and observe respectfully while something infinitely greater assumes control".
More details
author | Dalton Trumbo Kurt Neumann |
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contentLocation | Mars New Mexico |
director | Kurt Neumann |
editor | Harry Gerstad |
events | extraterrestrial life |
genre | adventure science fiction |
keywords | advanced civilization art deco atomic age atomic war barbarism black and white bury cataract civilization desolate explore force geiger counter hear injured kill land martian civilization meteoroid moderne architecture moon morning no fuel nova scotia out of control outer space oxygen mask radiation burn societal collapse stone age stylize survive their way tiki culture to the moon warn white sands proving ground |
musicBy | Ferde Grofé |
producer | Robert L. Lippert |
productionCompany | Lippert Pictures |
publisher | Lippert Pictures |
theme | extraterrestrial life post-apocalyptic |