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US 110m, Colour
Director: Byron Haskin; Cast: Paul Mantee, Victor Lundin, Adam West
Robinson Crusoe on Mars is a colourful science-fiction adaptation of Daniel Defoe’s 18thC classic tale of solitude. After crashing on Mars, Commander Christopher Draper finds himself as the sole human survivor, accompanied only by a space monkey named Mona. With little apparent chance of survival, Draper makes some fortunate discoveries with the help of his furry friend which allow him to survive – at least until alien mining ships appear, threatening his lonely existence. While Robinson Crusoe on Mars is engaging, largely owing to Mantee’s credible performance, the near endless firing of alien ray guns from War of the Worlds style spaceships seemed unnecessarily annoying (Klaus Ming January 2012).
