The Purple Monster Strikes (1945)
- Directed by
- Fred C. Brannon, Spencer Gordon Bennet
- Genre
- science fiction film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 3h 21m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 4.6 of 10 from 4 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A mysterious purple-clad alien lands on Earth and plots to invade. A scientist and a pilot work to stop the extraterrestrial threat.
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What happens
The Purple Monster Strikes is a 1945 Republic Movie serial. It was also released as a Century 66 television film under the title D-Day on Mars (1966). The original production title for the serial was The Purple Shadow Strikes. The sequel to this serial was the 1950 Flying Disc Man from Mars, which used much of the footage from the original. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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