Rocketship X-M

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Rocketship X-M
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Kurt Neumann
Screenplay by	Kurt Neumann Orville H. Hampton (additional dialogue) Dalton Trumbo (Martian sequence, uncredited)
Produced by	Kurt Neumann Murray Lerner (executive) Robert L. Lippert (presenter)
Starring	Lloyd Bridges Osa Massen John Emery Noah Beery Jr. Hugh O'Brian Morris Ankrum
Cinematography	Karl Struss
Edited by	Harry Gerstad
Music by	Ferde Grofé
Production company	Lippert Pictures
Distributed by	Lippert Pictures
Release date	May 26, 1950 (1950-05-26) (United States)
Running time	78 minutes
Country	United States
Budget	$94,000

Rocketship X-M (a.k.a. Expedition Moon and originally Rocketship Expedition Moon) is a 1950 American black-and-white science fiction film from Lippert Pictures, the first outer space adventure of the post-World War II era. The film was produced and directed by Kurt Neumann and stars Lloyd Bridges, Osa Massen, John Emery, Noah Beery Jr., Hugh O'Brian, and Morris Ankrum.

Rocketship X-M tells the story of a Moon expedition gone awry. Through a series of unforeseen events, the expedition's crew find themselves on the infamous red planet, Mars. During their time on the planet they go on to discover the remnants of a Martian civilization destroyed long ago by atomic war and now reverted to barbarism.^[1]