Other mistake: The abandoned orbiter requires fuel to decelerate and drop out of its stable orbit. Mantee knew the orbiting spacecraft was out of fuel before leaving it, but he was still trying to give the craft voice commands to land some forty minutes into the film.
Robinson Crusoe On Mars (1964)
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Directed by: Byron Haskin
Starring: Adam West, Paul Mantee, The Woolly Monkey, Victor Lundin
Genres: Sci-fi
Continuity mistake: While avoiding the glowing meteoroid, they decide to fire their jets to push them into a higher orbit. In a couple of scenes they go up but a third one has them going back down.
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Question: For someone stranded on Mars for several months, Mantee's hair and sideburns seem remarkably well-groomed, even, and trimmed! (He could have cut his hair with his knife, but wouldn't it have looked more shaggy and uneven than it does)?
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Answer: In the movie before he discovers his water supply and watches the survival video, he is shown grooming himself and shaving.