The Lost Planet (1953)

Directed by

Spencer Gordon Bennet

Genre

science fiction film

Country

United States

Runtime

4h 06m

Rated

NR

Rating

4.7 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A 15 chapter serial from 1953 about a space dictator on a lost planet who uses electronic means to create enslaved soldiers. A mad scientist and a good scientist are involved in the struggle for control.

campyfast-pacedpulpdatedformulaiccerebralretro-futuristic

What happens

The Lost Planet is a 1953 American science fiction serial film 15-chapter serial which has the distinction of being the last interplanetary-themed sound serial ever made. It was directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet with a screenplay by George H. Plympton and Arthur Hoerl (who also wrote for Rocky Jones, Space Ranger). It appears to have been planned as a sequel to the earlier chapterplay Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere and shares many plot-points, props and sets, as well as some of the same cast. However, the Video Rangers do not appear, and their uniforms are instead worn by "slaves" created electronically by Reckov, the dictator of the Lost Planet (Gene Roth) with the help of mad scientist Dr. Grood (Michael Fox) and enslaved "good" scientist Professor Dorn (Forrest Taylor). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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