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Release Date:
April 1953 (USA) more
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Tagline:
THEY'RE OUT OF THIS WORLD ON A MISGUIDED MISSLE! more
Plot:
Lester and Orville accidentally launch a rocket which is supposed to fly to Mars. Instead it goes to New Orleans for Mardi Gras... more | add synopsis
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Great fun for kids from 8 to 80; better than fans will tell you. more (26 total)

Cast

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Bud Abbott ... Lester
Lou Costello ... Orville
Mari Blanchard ... Allura
Robert Paige ... Dr. Wilson
Horace McMahon ... Mugsy
Martha Hyer ... Janie Howe
Jack Kruschen ... Harry
Joe Kirk ... Dr. Orvilla
Jean Willes ... Capt. Olivia

Anita Ekberg ... Venusian Guard
James Flavin ... First Policeman in Bank
Jackie Loughery ... Venusian Guard (Miss U.S.A.)
Ruth Hampton ... Handmaiden (Miss New Jersey) (as Ruth June Hampton)
Valerie Jackson ... Handmaiden (Miss Montana)
Renate Hoy ... Handmaiden (Miss Germany) (as Renate Huy)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
On to Mars
Rocket and Roll
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Runtime:
77 min | Argentina:81 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Fun Stuff

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Miss Sweden of 1950, Anita Ekberg, makes an early career appearance as one of the guards on the planet Venus. more
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Continuity: They actually go to Venus. more
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6 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
Great fun for kids from 8 to 80; better than fans will tell you., 18 April 2003
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Author: John (opsbooks) from Blue Mountains, Australia

This was one of the first movies I ever saw, well before television came to Australia. As a child I simply loved it, and I've not changed my views on the movie in the intervening four or more decades. It seems usual for fans of A & C to deride the movie, but I rate it as the best they made after the end of the 1940s. Of course the SF aspects left me in awe at the time as I'd seen nothing like it. I even appreciated the Miss Universe entrants :) Even now the special effects seem pretty good for the period. The scenes aboard the space ship seem pretty silly, and did way back then, but that's the only glaring fault. One either loves or hates A&C. Put me in the former group.

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