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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
User Comments:
True to Abbott and Costello form, this is funny 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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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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Crew or equipment visible: During the scene in which the rocket is flying in space, just before they land on Venus, when the rocket is flying by, you can see the string holding it! more
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True to Abbott and Costello form, this is funny, 4 August 2001
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Author: rooney24 from Minnesota, U.S.

If you like Abbott and Costello, you will like this movie. It is true to form and is funny in the style of that era. It has some slapstick, but not so much so as to be overbearing. When you look back now, the special effects seem quite lame, but that is part of the appeal to me, in the fact that those were what effects looked like in that day.

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