米基·肖夫尼西

Boozy, brassy Apple Annie, a beggar with a basket of apples, is as much as part of downtown New York as old Broadway itself. Bootlegger Dave the Dude is a sucker for her apples --- he thinks they bring him luck. But Dave and girlfriend Queenie Martin need a lot more than luck when it turns out that Annie is in a jam and only they can help Annie's daughter Louise, who has lived all her life in a Spanish convent, is coming to America with a Count and his son. The count's son wants to marry Louise, who thinks her mother is part of New York society. It's up to Dave and Queenie and their Runyonesque cronies to turn Annie into a lady and convince the Count and his son that they are hobnobbing with New York's elite.

影片聚焦于平凡小市民的日常生活，通过闪回的方式讲述了一对夫妻的婚姻生活从最开始的幸福美满渐渐走向争吵不休...

影片虚构了一场登陆火星的航天计划。但不幸的是，电影编剧破坏了电影缜密的调查研究，粗制滥造了一些情节，比如影片最后指挥官以奇怪的宗教立场中止了登陆火星行动。　　电影的拍摄器材是cinemascope（应该是当时唯一的一台，归福克斯所有，当时有另外两部大制作《地心历险记》和《海底两万里》也是这台机器拍摄的）。和同时期的大制作科幻电影一样，电影也聘请了火箭专家布劳恩作为电影的技术顾问，电影中展示了V2火箭，以及太空站，也属影史首次。　　此外，电影在意识形态上也有所进步，并不局限于五十年代的冷战主题，电影的主题更为宏大，同时电影也在演员的肤色上“精心挑选”，力求一定的平衡。　　当然，电影最大的问题就是为了保证科学性而丧失了娱乐性。显然，本片想要摆脱老科幻电影的”低级趣味“，但是当火星不再出现怪兽和外星人的时候，如何能够抓住观众眼球是电影面临的巨大挑战。可无论如何，这部《征服太空》无疑是一部不可忽视的科幻杰作。