The read
Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do. It runs a compact 1h 27m.
Synopsis
Husband-and-wife scientists pick up a pie-in-the-sky TV message supposedly from Mars.
Ratings
IMDb4.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes33%
Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do.
29 audience votes
Key crew
- Harry HornerDirector
- Mahlon MerrickOriginal Music Composer
- John L. BalderstonWriter
- Anthony VeillerWriter
Cast
- Peter GravesChris Cronyn
- Andrea KingLinda Cronyn
- Herbert BerghofFranz Calder
- Marvin MillerArjenian
- Orley LindgrenStewart Cronyn
- Walter SandeAdmiral Bill Carey
- Willis BoucheyPresident
- Morris AnkrumSecretary of Defense Sparks
- George BlagoiRussian Official (uncredited)
- Bayard VeillerRoger Cronyn
- Tom KeeneMaj. Gen. George Burdette
- Colin KennyMine Owner
Stills
Themes
planet marsmartianplanetscientist