Rocketship X-M (1950) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1950 · 77 mins · English

Directed by

Kurt Neumann

Starring

Noah Beery Jr., John Emery, Lloyd Bridges, Hugh O'Brian, Patrick Aherne, Sam Harris

Seen as the screen’s first story of humanity’s quest into space, it follows astronauts launched aboard Rocketship X‑M to reach the moon. A malfunction and fuel miscalculations divert them to Mars, where they find ruins of an advanced civilization. Scientists conclude an atomic war destroyed Martians, leaving survivors in a caveman‑like state.