Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere (1951)

Original title

Captain Video, Master of the Stratosphere

Directed by

Wallace Grissell, Spencer Gordon Bennet

Genre

science fiction film

Country

United States

Runtime

4h 47m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A villain from another world tries to take over Earth by messing with the weather. A TV hero and his team race to stop him in a series of short chapters.

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What happens

Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere is an American adventure horror science fiction film 15-chapter serial released by Columbia Pictures in 1951. It was directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and Wallace A. Grissel with a screenplay by Royal G. Cole, Sherman I. Lowe and Joseph F. Poland, based on a treatment by George H. Plympton. The serial is unique for several reasons--- in particular, it is the only film serial ever based on a television program, Captain Video and His Video Rangers. In this film, an extraterrestrial dictator plans to conquer the planet Earth by orchestrating climate change on a planetary scale. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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