Santo el enmascardo de plata vs la invasión de los marcianos (1967)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Alfredo B. Crevenna

Writer:

Rafael García Travesi (screenplay)

Release Date:

27 July 1967 (Mexico)

Genre:

Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Plot:

The masked wrestler battles Martians intent on taking over the Earth. |

Plot Keywords:

Wrestler | Martian | Wrestling | Character Name In Title

Cast

Santo	...	Santo (as Santo El Enmascarado de Plata)
Wolf Ruvinskis	...	Argos
El Nazi	...	Martian
Beny Galán	...	Martian (as Beni Galan)
Ham Lee	...	Morfeo
Eduardo Bonada
Antonio Montoro
Maura Monti	...	Afrodita
Belinda Corel	...	Diana (as Belinda Corell)
Eva Norvind	...	Selene
Gilda Mirós	...	Artemisa
Manuel Zozaya	...	Prof. Ordorica
Consuelo Frank
Alicia Montoya
Roy Fletcher
Mario Sevilla
Pepito Velázquez
Juan Antonio Edwards		(as Juan Antonio Edward)
Yolanda Guzmán
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rosa Furman	...	(uncredited)
Nathanael León	...	(uncredited)
Antonio Padilla 'Pícoro'	...	Ring announcer (uncredited)
Sergio Ramos	...	(uncredited)
Nicolás Rodríguez	...	Padre Lorenzo Fuentes (uncredited)

Directed by
Alfredo B. Crevenna

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Rafael García Travesi		screenplay

Produced by
Alfonso Rosas Priego	....	producer

Cinematography by
Jorge Stahl Jr.		(as Jorge Stahl)

Makeup Department
Margarita Ortega	....	makeup artist
María Teresa Sánchez	....	hair stylist (as Teresa Sanchez)

Production Management
José Alcalde	....	production chief (as José Alcalde G.)
Mario García Camberos	....	production manager
Jorge Stahl	....	production supervisor (as Jorge Stahl Sr.)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Antonio Mendoza	....	assistant director

Editorial Department
Ramón Aupart	....	assistant editor
Abraham Cruz	....	synchronization editor

Other crew
Alfonso Rosas Priego hijo	....	production coordinator (as Alfonso Rosas Priego Jr.)

Production Companies

• Producciones Cinematográficas

Distributors

• VCI Home Video (USA) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Santo Versus the Martian Invasion

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

Mexico

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Mexico

Company:

Producciones Cinematográficas

Movie Connections:

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The best Santo movie I have seen

i would put this Santo film as among the best with SANTO VS. LAS LOBAS & SANTO Y BLUE DEMON VS Dracula Y EL HOMBRE LOBO. there is a lot of action here in SANTO VS LA INVASION DE LOS MARCIANOS and Santo looks as though he is really going at it with wrestlers in the ring and the villains who are aliens from another world vaporizing citizens of Mexico with a 'third eye' on their hoods. you can hear Santo's grunts in the fight scenes. i saw this on DVD and the black and white here is beautifully clear and great direction by alfredo d. crevenna. the DVD cover is misleading since santo doesn't brandish a gun nor head to another planet. he does enter the martians' spaceship to whack off the aliens. and santo does some brilliant planning here.

1)before a match with a masked wrestler (who is the head martian that knocked out the original masked opponent in his dressing room), santo suspects that an alien (real life wrestler ham lee) is hiding in his dressing room. the alien vanishes, santo soon knows trouble is coming. since the match is decided by the loser's mask ripped off, santo dons a mask within his mask. santo meets his match in the ring, and sees his opponent with a large silver transporter belt meaning it is the martian. santo's 1st mask is ripped and then he pummels the villain until he disappears using his belt.

2)santo stages a wonderful plot of staging a match in a ring but no spectators. this is to lure the martians in and santo goes at it with 3-4 aliens at once and it is a terrific sequence. and this whole actioner is santo's best work despite the silly plot and what the aliens, male and female are wearing. i had a good time. if you raise the TV volume, the sounds of the bodyslams, the grunts and the martians' pinging are pretty loud.