The Day Mars Invaded Earth (1962)
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Directors
Maury Dexter
Cast
Kent Taylor, Marie Windsor, William Mims, Betty Beall
The story
NASA successfully lands a robotic surveyor on Mars. The rover begins to explore, but after just a few minutes it is completely destroyed by what appears to be a high energy surge. At exactly the same instant back at mission control, Dr.
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Sci-Fi, alien invasion, science fiction film
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