Crash of Moons (TV 1954)

Not a feature film but a three-part episode from the TV series Rocky Jones, Space Ranger edited together and released as a feature.

Director:

Hollingsworth Morse

Writer:

Warren Wilson

Stars:

Richard Crane, Scotty Beckett, Sally Mansfield

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Richard Crane	...	Rocky Jones (archive footage)
Scotty Beckett	...	Winky (archive footage)
Sally Mansfield	...	Vena Ray (archive footage)
Robert Lyden	...	Bobby (archive footage)
Maurice Cass	...	Professor Newton (archive footage)
Charles Meredith	...	Secretary of Space Drake (archive footage)
Patsy Parsons	...	Cleolanta (archive footage)
Harry Lauter	...	Atlasan (archive footage)
Maria Palmer	...	Potonda (archive footage)
John Banner	...	Bavarro (archive footage)
Nan Leslie	...	Trinka (archive footage)
Lane Bradford	...	Lasvon, Cleolanta's Lieutenant (archive footage)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dayton Lummis	...	Lavolga (archive footage)

Storyline

Not a feature film but a three-part episode from the TV series Rocky Jones, Space Ranger edited together and released as a feature.

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Plot Keywords:

space | collision | edited from tv series | closed society | planet | 

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Genres:

Sci-Fi | Adventure

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 July 1954 (USA)

Also Known As:

Crash of the Moons

Filming Locations:

Griffith Park Observatory, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Official Films, Roland Reed Productions, Space Ranger Enterprises

Technical Specs

Runtime:

78 min 86 min (2005 DVD release)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Did You Know?

Goofs

When Rocky and Winky were traveling toward the Space Station to warn them of the "Atmosphere chain", they asked the Space Station's radio operator to call back the ship that had recently left. The radio operator indicated that they were out of radio range, yet Rocky was able to talk to them, supposedly from further away.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Vena Ray: Vena Ray to Transport 13: Thanks for the buggy ride. Out.

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Connections

Edited from Rocky Jones, Space Ranger (1954)

User Reviews

A 'Tortanic' Missile

Crash Of Moons bests illustrates the mind of the Fifties Science fiction creator, the hack creator, not the Robert Heinleins or Isaac Asimovs. In this film which was cobbled together from the old Rocky Jones Space Ranger TV show, rocketry was the limit, the ultimate in our technology. Lasers and computers were not conceived.

Again some knowledge of the show which I had and which at the age of 7 I devotedly watched is required. Two planetary bodies that are inhabited are going to crash. One of these is a 'gypsy moon' that roams space without a star it revolves around Posita which is ruled by John Banner before he was Sergeant Schultz. The other is Ophesius which is ruled by perennial villain Queen Cleolanta, Patsy Parsons. She was one evil woman, but she's heading for the last roundup.

After the usual Cleolanta intrigues Rocky Jones tries to bombard Posita with something called a 'tortanic' missile. Several of them which make some big bangs after the gypsy moon is evacuated, but don't budge it an inch off course. As I said rocketry was the limit of TV writers imagination.

How does it end? If you're an old Rocky Jones fan like me you know.