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Mars Attacks the World

  • 1938
  • Approved
  • 1h 8m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
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Buster Crabbe, Charles Middleton, and Jean Rogers in Mars Attacks the World (1938)
Alien InvasionRomanceSci-Fi

When a deadly Nitron ray strikes Earth, Flash Gordon and his friends travel to Mars to battle Ming the Merciless and his new ally Queen Azura.When a deadly Nitron ray strikes Earth, Flash Gordon and his friends travel to Mars to battle Ming the Merciless and his new ally Queen Azura.When a deadly Nitron ray strikes Earth, Flash Gordon and his friends travel to Mars to battle Ming the Merciless and his new ally Queen Azura.

  • Directors
    • Ford Beebe
    • Robert F. Hill
  • Writers
    • Ray Trampe
    • Norman S. Hall
    • Wyndham Gittens
  • Stars
    • Buster Crabbe
    • Jean Rogers
    • Charles Middleton
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.7/10
    289
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Ford Beebe
      • Robert F. Hill
    • Writers
      • Ray Trampe
      • Norman S. Hall
      • Wyndham Gittens
    • Stars
      • Buster Crabbe
      • Jean Rogers
      • Charles Middleton
    • 3User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Buster Crabbe
    Buster Crabbe
    • Flash Gordon
    • (archive footage)
    • (as Larry 'Buster' Crabbe)
    Jean Rogers
    Jean Rogers
    • Dale Arden
    • (archive footage)
    Charles Middleton
    Charles Middleton
    • Ming the Merciless
    • (archive footage)
    Frank Shannon
    • Dr. Alexis Zarkov
    • (archive footage)
    Donald Kerr
    • 'Happy' Hapgood
    • (archive footage)
    Richard Alexander
    Richard Alexander
    • Prince Barin
    • (archive footage)
    Beatrice Roberts
    Beatrice Roberts
    • Azura, Queen of Mars
    • (archive footage)
    Wheeler Oakman
    Wheeler Oakman
    • Tarnak
    • (archive footage)
    C. Montague Shaw
    C. Montague Shaw
    • The Clay King
    • (archive footage)
    Kenne Duncan
    Kenne Duncan
    • The Martian Airfield Captain
    • (archive footage)
    Kane Richmond
    Kane Richmond
    • Talgon's Brother - a Martian Captain
    • (archive footage)
    Hooper Atchley
    Hooper Atchley
    • Professor Dunard
    • (archive footage)
    James Blaine
    James Blaine
    • Professor Ritcher
    • (archive footage)
    Edwin Stanley
    Edwin Stanley
    • Gen. Rankin
    • (archive footage)
    Ray Turner
    Ray Turner
    • Zarkov's Butler
    • (archive footage)
    • Directors
      • Ford Beebe
      • Robert F. Hill
    • Writers
      • Ray Trampe
      • Norman S. Hall
      • Wyndham Gittens
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    dweeber21

    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!
    Snow Leopard

    Fast-Paced Condensed Version of the Serial

    To make "Mars Attacks the World", they edited together selected pieces of the serial "Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars" (which had something like 15 episodes or so), keeping the main story line intact. The result is very fast-paced and sometimes chaotic, but it enables you to see the story all at once. It's an old-fashioned, comic-book sci-fi story, carried mostly by Buster Crabbe's energetic portrayal of Flash Gordon.

    While most of the story is quite far-fetched, there were a lot of creative ideas, at least given the era, so that you never know what is going to come next. This edited version moves very quickly, so that you will always want to see the next scene.

    These old Flash Gordon stories were very popular in their time. For those who are not big fans of comic-book style science fiction, this version gives us a good chance to see what it was like, without having to watch the full-length serial version.
    Michael_Elliott

    Fun Fast Action

    Mars Attacks the World (1938)

    ** 1/2 (out of 4)

    A large ray from Mars comes crashing through to Earth and messes up the atmosphere causing major storms, which could end up killing everyone. It turns out that Ming the Merciless (Charles Middleton) plans to destroy the Earth so a group of people led by Flash Gordon (Buster Crabbe) head there to do battle.

    MARS ATTACKS THE WORLD is the feature length movie, which was taken from the serial FLASH GORDON'S TRIP TO MARS. As luck would have it, Universal managed to release this just a week after the infamous Orson Welles' War of the Worlds prank so this feature version ended up doing pretty good business as people were a lot more interested in the subject.

    As for the film itself, I've seen several features that were taken from a serial and more times than not they're awful because they're just so poorly edited and often they don't make sense. That's not the case here as the film actually plays extremely well and especially when you consider how much footage from the serial is thrown out to come up with a 67 minute movie.

    This here plays out extremely fast and fun as the majority of the running time is all action. The Ming character would become a cult figure and it's easy to see why since the costume is rather fun and Middleton does a great job with the role. Crabbe also manages to turn in a fun performance as Flash Gordon. The special effects are rather forgettable but that actually adds a bit of charm.

    MARS ATTACKS THE WORLD certainly isn't going to be mistaken for THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD still but it's a fun little movie.

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      Feature version of the 1938 serial titled Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars.
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      Edited from Les nouvelles aventures de Flash Gordon (1938)

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    • Release date
      • November 7, 1938 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Rakietą na Marsa
    • Filming locations
      • Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Universal Pictures
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 8 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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