Mars Attacks the World (1938)

Directors:

Ford Beebe
Robert F. Hill

Writers:

Ray Trampe (original screenplay) and
Norman S. Hall (original screenplay) ...

Release Date:

7 November 1938 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi

Tagline:

They conquer worlds and destroy planets with atomic power!

Plot:

Flash Gordon is back!

Plot Keywords:

Flash Gordon | Space War | Alien Invasion | Archive Footage | Father

Cast

Buster Crabbe	...	Flash Gordon (archive footage) (as Larry 'Buster' Crabbe)
Jean Rogers	...	Dale Arden (archive footage)
Charles Middleton	...	Ming the Merciless (archive footage)
Frank Shannon	...	Dr. Alexis Zarkov (archive footage)
Donald Kerr	...	'Happy' Hapgood (archive footage)
Richard Alexander	...	Prince Barin (archive footage)
Beatrice Roberts	...	Azura, Queen of Mars (archive footage)
Wheeler Oakman	...	Tarnak (archive footage)
C. Montague Shaw	...	The Clay King (archive footage)
Kenne Duncan	...	The Martian Airfield Captain (archive footage)
Kane Richmond	...	Talgon's Brother - a Martian Captain (archive footage)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hooper Atchley	...	Professor Dunard (archive footage)
James Blaine	...	Professor Ritcher (archive footage)
Edwin Stanley	...	Gen. Rankin (archive footage)
Ray Turner	...	Zarkov's Butler (archive footage)

Runtime:

68 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Approved

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

Feature version of the 1938 serial titled Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars.

Movie Connections:

Edited from Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938)

another edited film version of trip to mars

This was the first flash gordon movie i saw on video,i later learned that this was a edited version of the second flash gordon movie"trip to mars",in this feature film,flash gordon (Larry(buster) Crabbe), dr zarkov (frank shannon) and dale arden (jean rogers), along with a bumbling reporter named happy hapgood (donald kerr) fly in their rocket ship to mars to stop ming the merciless (charles middleton) who has built a huge death ray called a nitron lamp to suck earths atmosphere and leave the earth a dead world!, throughout this film flash and his friends meet the clay people who help them defeat ming,and the meet the martian witch queen azura(beatrice roberts)!, another great performance by buster crabbe and charles middleton,but the only thing is you miss out on what the serial version has to offer,in this version you only see the forest people once,and you miss a lot of the great thrills the serial version has to offer,my advice is,see the serial version first so you can see what i'm telling you about!