So you thought Alien was an original? Well here’s its prototype, complete with a spaceship whose crew includes two women, an alien that looks like the creature from the Black Lagoon, the gradual elimination of the crew, and an alien that stows away on the flight returning to Earth.
Set in the future (1973) and revolving around the first manned expedition to Mars, the film is not at all bad by B Movie standards.
Colonel Edward Carruthers
Marshall Thompson Ann Anderson
Shirley Patterson (as Shawn Smith) Colonel Van Heusen
Kim Spalding Mary Royce
Ann Doran Eric Royce
Dabbs Greer Lt. James Calder
Paul Langton Major John Purdue
Robert Bice Bob Finelli
Richard Benedict Gino Finelli
Richard Hervey Joe Kienholz
Thom Carney It
Ray Corrigan
Director
Edward L. Cahn
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Colonel Van Heusen
