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Rocketship X-M (1950) -- Astronauts (Lloyd Bridges, Osa Massen, John Emery, Noah Beery, Jr., and Hugh O'Brien) blast off to explore the moon on...
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Overview

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Director:
Kurt Neumann
Writers:
Orville H. Hampton (additional dialogue)
Kurt Neumann (writer)
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Release Date:
2 June 1950 (USA) more
Genre:
Sci-Fi more
Tagline:
The Most Amazing Story Ever Filmed! more
Plot:
Astronauts (Lloyd Bridges, Osa Massen, John Emery, Noah Beery, Jr., and Hugh O'Brien) blast off to explore the moon on... more | full synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
An early anti-nuclear war film done with imagination and style. more

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Expedition Moon
None Came Back (USA) (working title)
Rocket to the Moon (USA) (working title)
Rocketship Expedition Moon (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
77 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
Canada:PG (Ontario) | USA:Approved | West Germany:12 (f) | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | UK:A (original rating) | UK:U (video rating) (1996)

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Trivia:
In the 1970s businessman Wade Williams acquired the rights to Rocketship X-M and proceeded to produce new special effects sequences to take the place of the film's original effects scenes. New shots included a model of the rocket in space, sequences depicting the ship descending toward and taking off from Mars, re-filmed sequences on Mars with new actors, and the use of stock footage of an actual nighttime rocket take-off in the launch sequence at the start of the movie. These sequences were substituted for original footage that was cut from the film, and were seen on the initial VHS and DVD releases in the US. In the 1990s, however, much of this substitute footage was removed and the original scenes restored. The only remaining updated effects sequences occur in the initial launch from Earth, and shots of the rocket landing on and departing from Mars (all of which used stock footage of a V-2 rocket in the original). However, the complete, uncut, original version of the film remains unavailable. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Weightlessness appears to affect some props (harmonica, jacket), but not others (sandwich, papers, long hair, ties). more
Quotes:
Harry: From this distance it would only appear a mere speck.
Major Corrigan: A mere speck? *Texas* a mere speck?
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956) more

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9 out of 10 people found the following comment useful:-
An early anti-nuclear war film done with imagination and style., 21 September 1998
Author: Gordon Cheatham

Despite what we would now consider laughable scientific goofs, this science-fiction film carried itself well as a dramatic film. The actors were all solid professionals. The Martian settings were believable. The sentiments, while a bit pretentious, were sincere and laudable. It was an early attempt at mature science-fiction and succeeded better than many more polished, but cynical efforts that came later on.

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