The Martian Chronicles: This episode focuses on three missions to Mars. While two young astronauts, York and Conover, journey to Mars, a Martian woman dreams of their visit. The Martians have a gift for telepathy, so her husband fears for Mars's safety. The expedition fails and ends in tragedy. When three astronauts from the second expedition arrive, they are surprised to find a town that looks like Green Bluff, Illinois, where the Captain Black grew up. The town is populated with the young men's loved ones. They are bewildered but happy to be reunited with their friends and family. However, soon Black begins to suspect that everything is not as it seems. When the third expedition arrives, Mars is a deserted planet. The previous astronauts had brought chicken pox which, surprisingly, killed them all. Most of the crew celebrates their landing by drinking and partying. However, a man named Spender feels they are being disrespectful to the remains of Martian civilization and decides to take matters into his own hands.

Starring:

Alison Elliott, Anthony Pullen Shaw, Barry Morse, Bernadette Peters, Bernie Casey, Burnell Tucker, Christopher Connelly, Darren McGavin, Estelle Brody, Fritz Weaver, Gayle Hunnicutt, James Faulkner, John Cassady, Jon Finch, Joyce Van Patten, Laurie Holden, Maggie Wright, Maria Schell, Michael Anderson Jr, Nicholas Hammond, Nyree Dawn Porter, Peter Marinker, Phil Brown, Richard Heffer, Richard Oldfield, Robert Beatty, Rock Hudson, Roddy McDowall, Terence Longdon, Vadim Glowna, Wolfgang Reichmann

Genre:

Sci-Fi