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Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964) 2.4
The Martians kidnap Santa because there is nobody on Mars to give their children presents. Director:Nicholas Webster |
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Cast
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Bomar
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Girmar
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Leila Martin | ... |
Momar
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James Cahill | ... | |
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Andy Henderson
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Doris Rich | ... | |
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Carl Don | ... |
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Ivor Bodin | ... |
Winky
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Plot Summary
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Plot Synopsis
Storyline
Martians, upset that their children have become obsessed with TV shows from Earth which extol the virtues of Santa Claus, start an expedition to Earth to kidnap the one and only Santa. While on Earth, they kidnap two lively children that lead the group of Martians to the North Pole and Santa. The Martians then take Santa and the two children back to Mars with them. Voldar, a particularly grumpy Martian, attempts to do away with the children and Santa before they get to Mars, but their leader Lomas stops him. When they arrive on Mars, Santa, with the help of the two Earth children and a rather simple-minded Martian lackey, overcomes the Martians by bringing fun, happiness and Christmas cheer to the children of Mars. Written by <srm12@ksu.ksu.edu>
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Santa Claus saves Christmas for the Children of the World! See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
14 November 1964 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Santa Claus Defeats the Aliens See more »Filming Locations:
Roosevelt Field, Garden City, Long Island, New York, USABox Office
Budget:
$200,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Kimar: I don't know what?
Hargo: A Martian mellow.
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Written by Roy Alfred & Milton Delugg
Performed Pia Zadora
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Did You Know?
Trivia
When Santa starts making toys, one of the Martians is fascinated by a toy that's "a coiled spring that walks down stairs." The year this film was released (1964) was a huge year for Slinky, which had a resurgence in the early 1960s. See more »Goofs
The bear costume's head piece can clearly be seen draped over the body. See more »Quotes
Hargo: What's soft and round and you put it on a stick and you toast it in a fire, and it's green?Kimar: I don't know what?
Hargo: A Martian mellow.
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Crazy Credits
In the opening credits, Costume Designer is spelled "Custume Designer." See more »Soundtracks
"Hooray For Santy Claus"Written by Roy Alfred & Milton Delugg
Performed Pia Zadora
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If the fabulously awful yet admirably enthusiastic director Ed Wood had ever made a kids' holiday flick, this would have been it.
This movie is not bad, if by bad you mean boring and a waste of time. It's spectacularly appalling, the way "Plan 9" is. They obviously had a budget of about fifty bucks to make this, and it shows.
But some of us love these evidences that once upon a time in America there was such a thing as real independent cinema, and all-afternoon multi-feature holiday shows at neighborhood theaters that only had one screen, and sing-along events built into kids' movies, and fun that didn't depend on multi-billion dollar special effects.
This is one of those movies that you will laugh at and make fun of, yet long for the days when local, independent television stations aired it on a Saturday afternoon before Christmas. You'll make jokes about it, but catch yourself absentmindedly humming "Hooray for Santy Claus!" for the rest of your life. And you'll amaze your friends with -- "I know what movie Pia Zadora made her debut in, and you don't!"