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Flying Disc Man from Mars (1950)

Flying Disc Man from Mars poster
Directed by
Fred C. Brannon
Genre
adventure film, science fiction film
Country
United States
Runtime
2h 16m
Rated
NR
Rating
4.9 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Martian invader plots to take over Earth using flying discs. A U.S. intelligence agent and a scientist's daughter team up to stop him across 12 chapters.

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What happens

Flying Disc Man from Mars is a 1950 Republic Pictures 12-chapter black-and-white science fiction adventure film serial, produced by Franklin Adreon, directed by Fred C. Brannon, that stars Walter Reed, Lois Collier, Gregory Gaye, James Craven, Harry Lauter, and Richard Irving. Disc Man is considered a weak example of the serial medium, even compared to other post-World War II serials. In 1958 Republic edited the serial's 167 minutes of footage into a 75-minute feature, released under the new title Missile Monsters. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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