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D.D. Beauchamp (story)
Howard Christie (story)
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Release Date:
April 1953 (USA) more
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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They never DID get to Mars! more (25 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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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On to Mars
Rocket and Roll
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Runtime:
77 min | Argentina:81 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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USA:Approved | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl
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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
Goofs:
Continuity: When Orville and Dr. Orvilla are having a slapping fight Dr. Wilson walks in and stops them. Dr. Orvilla is holding a briefcase but in the next shot Orville is holding the briefcase. more
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Featured in Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us (2005) (TV) more
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Your appreciation or otherwise of this little flick might depend on your level of whimsy and whether or not you were actually AROUND in the 50's and can recall the fervor of anticipated space travel and the films of those days. DESTINATION MOON, THIS ISLAND EARTH, TOBOR THE GREAT, WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE - there were so many! To see it now and compare it ..probably unfairly, with A & C's work of the late 40's, it indeed falls short of the standards they set for themselves. However as many have correctly commented, the younger viewer still finds it funny and gets something out of it.
The film was NOT made on the cheap and indeed many of the sets hold up rather well today. The title remains a misnomer in that Bud and Lou only THINK their comandeered rocket has landed on Mars. As it turns out, it is in fact just a mardi gras in southern Louisiana. This sequence was the highlight of the movie. By the time they wing their bumbling way to Venus, there is only 27 minutes of the film left.
Probably fair to say that ABBOTT AND COSTELLO GO TO MARS was made during the downside of their career and the "Space setting" was intended to net them a new generation of fans. In that regard it probably was not the success they would have hoped for. Still....ANY opportunity to see Anita Ekberg, even for a glimpse, was always worth the price of admission.
Probably not held up as classic A & C but still it is part of their legacy and should be viewed with some affection.