Conquest of Space
1955 American sci-fi film / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the film. For other uses, see Conquest of Space (disambiguation).
Conquest of Space is a 1955 American Technicolor science fiction film from Paramount Pictures, produced by George Pal, directed by Byron Haskin, that stars Walter Brooke, Eric Fleming, and Mickey Shaughnessy.
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Directed by | Byron Haskin |
Screenplay by | James O'Hanlon adaptation Barre Lyndon Phil Yordan George Worthing Yates |
Based on | book The Conquest of Space by Willy Ley and Chesley Bonestell |
Produced by | George Pal |
Starring | Walter Brooke Eric Fleming Mickey Shaughnessy |
Cinematography | Lionel Lindon |
Edited by | Everett Douglas |
Music by | Nathan Van Cleave |
Production company | Paramount Pictures Corp. |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 81 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $1.5 million[1] |
Box office | $1 million (US)[2] |
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The film's storyline concerns the first interplanetary flight to the planet Mars, carrying a crew of five, and launched from Earth orbit near "The Wheel", mankind's first space station. On their long journey to the Red Planet, they encounter various dangers, both from within and without, that nearly destroy the mission.