premise: Robinson Crusoe on Mars was only ever a book.
hypothesis: Robinson Crusoe on Mars is a 1964 independently made American Technicolor science fiction film in Techniscope , produced by Aubrey Schenck , directed by Byron Haskin , that stars Paul Mantee , Victor Lundin , and Adam West . The film was distributed by Paramount Pictures . As the title indicates , it is a science fiction retelling of the classic novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe .