Episode
The Ray Bradbury Theater: The Earthmen
Overview
A crew of a spaceship return to Mars after a 20-year absence to discover a scientist and his family unaffected by their stay.
Details
- Series
- The Ray Bradbury Theater
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 1992-01-03
- Runtime
- 23 min
Episode context
The Earthmen is Episode 1 in Season 6 of The Ray Bradbury Theater. It aired on 1992-01-03. The runtime is 23 min.
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