Planet Outlaws

1/1/19531h 11m

Theatrical Release (US)

Overview:

A 20th Century pilot named Buck Rogers and his young friend Buddy Wade awake from 500 years in suspended animation to find that the world has been taken over by the outlaw army of Killer Kane. Feature version of the film serial Buck Rogers by Universal Pictures, 1940.

Director:

Ford Beebe

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

future
based on comic
feature version of movie serial

Cast

Buster Crabbe

~ as ~

Col. Buck Rogers

Constance Moore

~ as ~

Lt. Wilma Deering

Jackie Moran

~ as ~

George 'Buddy' Wade

Anthony Warde

~ as ~

Killer Kane

Jack Mulhall

~ as ~

Capt. Rankin, Hidden City forces

Philson Ahn

~ as ~

Prince Tallen

C. Montague Shaw

~ as ~

Dr. Huer

Guy Usher

~ as ~

Aldar

William Gould

~ as ~

Air Marshal Kragg

Henry Brandon

~ as ~

Capt. Lasca

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Reviews (1)

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talisencrw
Written 9 year(s) ago
6
Let me say right off the bat that at least for me, there were two things working in this film's favour even before I started it (as 2 nifty percent of my infamous Mill Creek 50-pack, 'Nightmare Worlds'): a) I love the old-time serials, a part a week at the theatres, each with a cliffhanger ending; and b) I'm a fan of Buster Crabbe, from seeing him previously both as Tarzan and in a Flash Gordon serial. Directors Beebe and Goodkind were masters at the format, and this is no exception (although since it's from the 30's, and with B-movie budgetary restrictions at that, I readily dismiss all negative comments from people complaining that for the 1950's, it's really crappy filmmaking--it's NOT from the 50's, but simply edited then into a feature-length film the company could then sell, most probably to television stations).

I enjoyed it, though I wish that instead of seeing this, I was watching the unedited, undiluted full serial that was originally made. I have read that the best and most exciting parts were edited out.