John Carter, Hero of Mars

Framed by his commander, Captain John Carter flees Earth under a dead man's name and wakes stranded on Mars. Thark warriors capture him; he wins freedom in the arena and falls for fugitive princess Dejah Thoris. Escaping her forced marriage to a rival prince, he leads a Thark army to break the siege on her city. When the enemy tries to destroy the planet's one air source, Carter climbs a mile of dead machinery to save it, clearing his name and ending the war. He marries Dejah and stays on Mars.

Framed by his commander, Captain John Carter flees Earth under a dead man's name and wakes stranded on Mars. Thark warriors capture him; he wins freedom in the arena and falls for fugitive princess Dejah Thoris. Escaping her forced marriage to a rival prince, he leads a Thark army to break the siege on her city. When the enemy tries to destroy the planet's one air source, Carter climbs a mile of dead machinery to save it, clearing his name and ending the war. He marries Dejah and stays on Mars.