Mars Needs Women (1967) (TV)

User Rating:

2.8/10   

Director:

Larry Buchanan

Writer:

Larry Buchanan (writer)

Genre:

Sci-Fi

Tagline:

They were looking for chicks... to go all the way!

Plot:

Tommy Kirk leads his fellow Martians to Earth on an interplanetary quest for females. Kirk proves that...

Plot Keywords:

Martian | Map | Fisherman | Cult Favorite | Tense

Cast

Tommy Kirk	...	Dop - Martian Fellow #1 / Mr. Fast - Seattle Sun Reporter
Yvonne Craig	...	Dr. Bolen
Warren Hammack	...	Martian Doctor / Fellow #2
Tony Huston	...	Martian Fellow #3 (as Anthony Huston)
Larry Tanner	...	Martian Fellow #4
Cal Duggan	...	Martian Fellow #5
Pat Delaney	...	Artist Abducted by Martians (as Pat Delany)
Sherry Roberts	...	Brenda Knowlan, Abductee
Donna Lindberg	...	Stewardess Abducted by Martians
Bubbles Cash	...	Stripper Abducted by Martians
Byron Lord	...	Col. Bob Page, U.S.D.S.
Roger Ready	...	Stimmons
Barnett Shaw	...	Man at Military Conference
Neil Fletcher	...	Secretary of Defense
Chet Davis	...	Network News Man

Runtime:

83 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) (video rating) | Australia:PG | USA:Unrated | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Fair Park, Dallas, Texas, USA

Company:

Azalea Pictures

Trivia:

The "Space Center," which looks like a big white mushroom, is now the revolving restaurant at the Houston Airport Marriott at George Bush Intercontinental.

Quotes:

Stimmons: Just how long have we been receiving these mysterious signals from outer space?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Webb Wilder, Private Eye in 'The Saucer's Reign' (1984)

One of the great awful movies

I love this movie because it is just so darn sincere. There is not a moment in the film that suggests its author understands the ridiculousness of his premise. This wants to be a good movie, an intelligent piece of science fiction, and yet, it is called Mars Needs Women. The movie even has some literary pretensions showing.

Everything about this movie is inept, but done with such earnestness that it is reminiscent of when a cute little kid says something totally absurd and laughable with a straightforward demeanor that just makes it all that much funnier. I rank this up (or is that down) with camp classics like Glen or Glenda. I just found it very funny.