CONQUEST OF SPACE (WIDESCREEN)

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• Release Year: 1955
• Genre: Science-Fiction
• Plot: Special effects guru George Pal fashions a surreal 1950s world in which the race to outer space moves at breakneck speed, leading scientists such as Samuel Merritt (Walter Brooke) and his crew to live in a space vessel located between Earth and Mars where they can create a robot that can land on the Red Planet. Their mission is hampered, however, by competing forces who want to thwart their attempt so they can lay claim to success themselves.
• Cast: Walter Brooke, Eric Fleming, Mickey Shaughnessy, Phil Foster, William Redfield, William Hopper, Benson Fong, Ross Martin, Vito Scotti, John Dennis, Michael Fox, Joan Shawlee, Iphigenie Castiglioni, Dan Barton, Kei Thin Chung, Rosemary Clooney, Don Dunning, Fred Essler, Rand Harper, Maurice Hart, Jack Iversen, Mike Mahoney, John Mansfield, George Marshall Jr., Neyle Morrow, Harvey Parry, Tom Selden, Richard Shannon, Bob Templeton, David Vaile, Jamieson Ward, Byron Haskin
• Director: Byron Haskin
• Runtime: 1:21
• Company: Paramount
• Media Format: Movie