Appointment on Mars (1952)

★★★★ · Appointment On Mars. · Htos1av · 2018-04-04

Good job considering it's live and it's a head of it's time in the approach to long term space effects on a crew.

★★★ · old sci-fi plot · HollywoodBob · 2009-08-24

I've seen this sci-fi plot in countless books, movies and tv shows... astronauts land on an alien world and begin killing each other. Good performance by Brian Keith.

★★★ · pretty standard sci-fi plot · perlster · 2009-08-26

What makes this worth watching are the appearances of Leslie Neilsen and Brian Keith's father Robert (the likeness is astonishing).

★★★ · OK · Albert Schlef · 2010-10-03

This episode isn't stellar, but it isn't bad. It's always interesting to see how generations bygone did sci-fi.

★★★ · Appointmrnt on Mars (Tales of Tomorrow). · richgoup · 2012-02-13

Season 1, episode 39. Original air date: 27 June 1952. Cast: Leslie Nielsen (Robbie), William Redfield (Bart), Robert Keith Jr. (Jack), Mark Allen (Martian Voice: uncredited), Allyn Edwards (Announcer: uncredited) and Sam Locante (Martian Voice: uncredited). Leslie Nielsen was originally meant to shoot his assailant at the end of the episode. However the prop gun refused to fire, so Nielsen had to strangle his attacker instead. From IMDB.

★ · Unpleasantly Predictable · Snake Plissken · 2013-03-29

Not only was this episode poorly filmed - the ceiling and an unpainted side of the set clearly visible if only momentarily - but the storyline spelled calamity from the onset. Beer, firearms, a rabbit's foot combined with three insatiable and undisciplined egos foretold disaster. Laughably, the sound technician in charge of the wind must've taken an unscheduled bathroom break when the rabbit's foot got lost. Good comedy in retrospect.