ALL SCI-FI

[Bud Brewster]

James Bond is a character often imitated, never duplicated -- but fans of "Robinson Crusoe on Mars" (of which I am definitely one) will enjoy Paul Mantees' energetic plunge into the world of spies and gals, accompanied by one hellavu gal sidekick, Terry Moore ("Mighty Joe Young").

Mantee is armed with a laser-firing watch, but he doesn't use it often. The villain is played by Jan Murray, whose role wins him the dubious distinction of being the least believable Nazi war criminal in movie history.

But the story does succeed in creating a disgusting villain; Murray's meat-packing business is processing meat from human bodies, and he serves a filet mignon to Mantee obtained from sexy Maureen Arthur! (Yuck).

Murray's sexy accomplice is Sue Ann Langdon, who is so gorgeous you just want to eat her up, figuratively speaking.

Directed by Richard Rush. Co-star Terry Moore, a former wife of Howard Hughes, later posed for a photo spread in Playboy magazine, looking remarkably good for a woman over fifty.

This movie is unavailable from any source, and I haven't seen it since it came out in 1967. I'm looking forward to the emergence of a sane and just world where this movie will rise again.

But Youtube has the trailer, and the movie looks like an enjoyable (low budget) spy movie.


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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

[Bud Brewster]

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There's still no way to watch this movie (no DVD, no download, etc.) but amazingly enough, YouTube has the soundtrack album. Enjoy yourself.

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Don't have time for the whole album? Here's the Shirley Bassey wannabe vocal theme.

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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)