Interminable film in which astronaut Paul Mantee and horrible monkey crash on Mars (Zabriskie Point, Death Valley, with orange skies) and manage to survive through damn fine American initiative (well, luck, basically). Then, as you tip into the chasm of unconsciousness, invaders nip across the skies...
Very much the predecessor of Star Trek. Shot by Winton C Hoch in Techniscope, music by Van Cleave. Father of big budget A picture widescreen colour sci-fi films?
Paramount.
Couldn't bring myself to finish this nonsense.
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