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Robinson Crusoe on Mars ()

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Stranded on Mars with only a monkey as a companion, an astronaut must figure out how to find oxygen, water, and food on the lifeless planet.
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Cmdr. Christopher Draper
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Friday
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Col. Dan McReady
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Mona

Directed by

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Byron Haskin

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Ib Melchior ... (screenplay) and
John C. Higgins ... (screenplay) (as John Higgins)
 
Daniel Defoe ... (based on a story by)
 
Daniel Defoe ... (novel "Robinson Crusoe") (uncredited)

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Aubrey Schenck ... producer
Edwin F. Zabel ... executive producer

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Van Cleave

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Winton C. Hoch ... director of photography

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Terry O. Morse ... (as Terry Morse)

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Richard Mueller ... color consultant: Technicolor

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Arthur Lonergan
Hal Pereira
Albert Nozaki ... (uncredited)

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Wally Westmore ... makeup supervisor
Bud Bashaw Jr. ... makeup artist (uncredited)

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Arthur Jacobson ... assistant director
Robert Goodstein ... assistant director (uncredited)

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Harold Lewis ... sound recording
John Wilkinson ... sound recording
Howard Beals ... sound editor (uncredited)

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Lawrence W. Butler ... special effects (uncredited)

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Farciot Edouart ... process photography
Albert Whitlock ... matte artist (uncredited)

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Murray Young ... key grip (uncredited)

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Larry Bunker ... musician: drums (uncredited)
Jack Cookerly ... musician: organ (uncredited)
Ivan Ditmars ... musician: organ (uncredited)
Red Mitchell ... musician: bass (uncredited)
Ted Nash ... musician: saxophone (uncredited)
Fred Steiner ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Irvin Talbot ... conductor (uncredited)

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Edward V. Ashburn ... technical advisor

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Plot Summary

During a flight to Mars in the spaceship Mars Gravity Probe 1, Commander Christopher 'Kit' Draper and Colonel Dan McReady are forced to deviate from an asteroid and they leave their spacecraft in pods. Draper lands on the surface of the Red Planet and survives. He learns how to produce oxygen and while exploring the planet, he finds McReady dead in his crashed pod. He finds also the monkey Mona and brings the animal to the cave where he is sheltered. He learns that he can breathe the Martian air for short periods but needs also oxygen. But Mona finds water and an edible plant in the underground. .After a long period alone, Draper feels the loneliness. One day, he sees a spacecraft landing on Mars and he believes it might be the rescue team to save him. But he finds aliens working on the planet and some of them are slaves. One of them flees and stumble with Draper and he names him Friday. Now he needs to find a way to be rescued and return to Earth. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Taglines A Lone U.S. Astronaut Space-Ship Wrecked on Mars! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Gravity Probe One: Mars (Canada, English title)
  • Robinson Crusoé sur Mars (France)
  • Daniel Defoe - Robinson Crusoe auf dem Mars (Germany)
  • Notlandung im Weltraum (Germany)
  • Robinson Crusoe de Marte (Spain)
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  • 110 min
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Budget $1,200,000 (estimated)

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Trivia The scenes in which Mona the monkey imitates Victor Lundin's agonized gestures whenever the alien masters activated the slave bracelets were not something the monkey was taught to do. It began to imitate the actor during these scenes, and the director decided to film these moments. See more »
Goofs When Draper gets in and out of the pond in long shots, he's totally naked, but during the time he's actually in the water, he's wearing brown trunks. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1970). See more »
Quotes Draper: How long have you had these things on?
Friday: Sixty-two years.
Draper: How old are you?
Friday: Seventy eight.
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