Lost Planet Airmen (1951)
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Horror Movies & Sci-Fi Movies Database
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12.11.09
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 This 1951 film is a feature re-issue of the 1949 12-chapter Republic serial "King of the Rocket Men" edited down to 65 minutes, which basically means that players such as Tom Steele, David Sharpe and Eddie Parker who had as many as four-to-five different roles (in addition to stunt doubling) in the 12-chapter serial only pop up here in two-three different roles but spaced closer together. Both versions find the diabolical Dr. Vulcan (I. Stanford Jolley) causing the deaths of Professors Drake (Dale Van Sickle in one of his five roles in the serial version)and Millard (James Craven, chewing less scenery than usual for him) of Science Associates, a privately-operated desert research project. The "accidents" attract the attention of Glenda Thomas (Mae Clarke), photographer for Miracle Science magazine. She visits the project and is placated by publicity director Burt Winslow (House Peters, Jr.) and project member Jeff King (Tristram Coffin.) Later, Jeff visits a cave where he has been hiding Professor Millard, who wasn't killed but wants it thought he was, so he and Jeff can work on a rocket-propelled flying suit they have invented, with controls limited to "on", "off", "up" and "down" that work very well, thank you. Periodically, Jeff dons the suit and, as the mysterious Rocket Man (David Sharpe doubling for Tris Coffin), frustrates countless sinister plans (far fewer in the 65-minute version) of Dr. Vulcan to get control of Science Associates' devices which, if in the wrong hands, i.e, Dr. Vulcan, could easily wreak world-wide disaster. Vulcan finally gets his hands on Professor Millard's Decimator, capable of disintegrating rock strata, and plans to use it against New york City if the Mayor doesn't meet his billion dollar ransom demand. The Mayor isn't having any of that,and soon the city is rocked with an earthquake and tidal waves in the harbor, courtesy of stock footage from Republic's 1939 "S.O.S.Tidal Wave." Can the Rocket Man save the city?
Title: Lost Planet Airmen
Release Date: July 25, 1951
Runtime: 65 mins
Genre: Sci-Fi
All Genres: Sci-Fi
Languages: English
Country: USA
Colors: Black and White
Sound: Mono
IMDB Rating: 4.9
Brimstone Pit Rating: 5.9 - (Rate This Horror Movie)
Category: Horror Movies Starting With L
Director(s):
Fred C. Brannon
Cast:
Tristram Coffin ...Prof. Jeff King (archive footage)
Mae Clarke ...Glenda Thomas (archive footage) (as Mae Clark)
Don Haggerty ...Tony Dirken (archive footage)
House Peters Jr. ...Burt Winslow (archive footage)
James Craven ...Prof. Millard (archive footage)
I. Stanford Jolley ...Prof. Bryant (archive footage)
Ted Adams ...Martin Conway (archive footage)
Stanley Price ...Gunther von Sturm (archive footage)
Dale Van Sickel ...Martin, a thug (archive footage)
Marshall Bradford ...Dr. Graffner (archive footage)
Douglas Evans ...Chairman (archive footage)
Tom Steele ...Knox, a thug (archive footage)
David Sharpe ...Blears, a thug (archive footage)
Arvon Dale ...Aide (archive footage)
Remaining Cast:
Producer(s):
Franklin Adreon
Writer(s):
Royal K. Cole
William Lively
Sol Shor
Composer(s):
R. Dale Butts
Movie Trivia:
- Although listed in the screen cast, the following actors did not appear in the final release: Eddie Parker, Michael Ferro, Buddy Roosevelt.'
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This movie is a shortened version of the 1949 12-episodes serial King of the Rocket Men.
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Keywords:
Scientific Group, Earthquake, Tidal Wave, New York City, Bound And Gagged ...[more]
Keywords All:
Island Hideout, Multiple Murders, Frame Up, Shadow, Pushed Out Of Window, Run Car Off Road, Extortion, Melting Ray, Trapped In Moving Vehicle, Present Day, Fictional War, Photoelectric Cell, Explosion, Murder Of Scientist, Woman Reporter, Chemical Plant, Futuristic Lab, Stolen Chemical, Ray Machine, Gunfight, Electrocution, B Movie, Car Chase, Short Wave Radio, Doused Light, Bomber Plane, Evacuation, Person In Hiding, Electric Ray, Kidnapping, Car Over Cliff, Electric Eye, Loudspeaker, Security Agent, Cave Hideout, Forced Confession, Toxic Gas, Incriminating Ring, Melting Mountain, Treason, Knife Thrower, Decoy, City In Peril, Panic, Stolen Machine, Special Chemical, Lucky Escape, Aerial Bombing, Classical, Stabbed In The Back, Committee Meeting, Location Finder, Special Tube, Pushed From Height, New York Harbor, Stolen Truck, Masked Hero, Government Official, Ray Gun, Car In Water, Civil Defense, Motorcycle, Car Truck Chase, Running Gunfight, Experimental Weapon, Multiple Suspects, Fistfight, Flying Man, Dupe, Hostage, Fall Over Cliff, Non Comical Sidekick, Photograph Negative, Fleeing Suspect, Rocketman Suit, Mystery Villain, Ransacking, Feature Version Of Serial
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Rating: 5.9 out of 10.0 - 52 votes cast total
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