Flight to Mars (film)

Flight to Mars is a 1951 American Cinecolor science-fiction drama film produced by Walter Mirisch, directed by Lesley Selander and starring Marguerite Chapman, Cameron Mitchell, Morris Ankrum and Arthur Franz. Special effects were handled by Jack Cosgrove, Irving Block and Jack Rabin. Edward Haworth was Production designer, David Milton was Art Director and Harry Neumann was the cinematographer.

The film's storyline involves the arrival on Mars of an American scientific expedition team who discover that Mars is inhabited by an underground-dwelling but dying civilization that appears to be humanoid. The Martians are suspicious of the men's motives. They keep their visitors as prisoners, never allowing them to return home with the information they have discovered. With the help of some sympathetic Martians, the men plan their escape.