Conquest of Space is a 1955 American science fiction film produced by George Pal, directed by Byron Haskin, and stars Walter Brooke, Eric Fleming, and Mickey Shaughnessy. <br /><br />The film's storyline concerns the first interplanetary flight to the planet Mars, carrying a crew of five, and launched from Earth orbit near "The Wheel", mankind's first space station. On their long journey to the Red Planet, they encounter various dangers, both from within and without, that nearly destroy the mission. <br /><br />Cast; <br />Walter Brooke as General Samuel T. Merritt <br />Eric Fleming as Captain Barney Merritt <br />Mickey Shaughnessy as Sgt. Mahoney <br />Phil Foster as Sgt. Jackie Siegle <br />William Redfield as Roy Cooper <br />William Hopper as Dr. George Fenton <br />Benson Fong as Sgt. Imoto <br />Ross Martin as Sgt. Andre Fodor <br />Vito Scotti as Sanella <br />John Dennis as Donkersgoed <br />Michael Fox as Elsbach <br />Joan Shawlee as Rosie <br />Iphigenie Castiglioni as Mrs. Fodor <br />Rosemary Clooney uncredited (performing "Ali Baba" from Here Come the Girls)
