The immense and inarguably more stimulating changes that Higgins and Haskin enacted rendered the film something closer to a family film, but were detailed with patience and plotting that would suggest something of an art-house auteur in Haskins. Marza’s role would be filled by a screeching black monkey named Mona and with only two exceptions, she would be Draper’s sole supporting character. Higgins, changed when he took on directing responsibilities on the film. He studied rock types and earth science with his time and a detailed explanation of the rock formations of Mars are among the innumerable things that Byron Haskin, working with second screenwriter John C. This dense and dangerous terrain Melchior envisioned was not all that different from the glut of B-movie sci-fi actioners that were being released at the time and Melchior had already had experience in the field, penning the Godzilla rip-off Reptilicus and the space adventure Journey to the Seventh Planet only a few years earlier. As originally written by Ib Melchior, the red planet of Robinson Cruse on Mars was filled with abominable creatures of all shapes, sizes, and demeanors, not least of which was a friendly armadillo mutant named Marza who served as a sidekick to the film’s astronaut protagonist, Cmdr.
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