The Challenge 142 mission arrives on Mars to rescue Colonel Edwards Carruthers, the sole survivor of the Challenge 141 mission who has spent six months stranded alone. It was the first mission to Mars... in 1973. Carruthers’ nine comrades are all dead. A 1958 low budget science-fiction horror-thriller.

Preceded by 2 hours of Three Stooges short films.

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This 1958 film is frequently mentioned as the basis for Alien (1979).