An astronaut (Paul Mantee) lands on the red planet, loses a partner (Adam West) and makes an escaped slave (Victor Lundin) his man Friday. He now must figure out how to find oxygen, water, and food on the lifeless planet.
Como em tantas ficções B, a Ciência da história é risível; porém, o longa funciona ao desenvolver bem a relação (com contexto homossexual e tudo mais) entre os personagens.
MovieMartyr.com
January 07, 2008
Almost distractingly, faithful to the original novel despite its radically different setting, the film is a pleasure mostly because of its vivid Technicolor backdrops.
While Robinson Crusoe on Mars is more a kitsch curio than a classic movie, there is much entertainment to be had comparing this 1964 story of "a lone astronaut pitted against all odds beyond this Earth" with The Martian.