American astronauts are drawn by a mysterious force to the planet Venus, which they find to be inhabited only by beautiful women and their despotic queen.
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| Zsa Zsa Gabor | ... | Talleah | |
| Eric Fleming | ... | Capt. Neal Patterson | |
| Dave Willock | ... | Lt. Mike Cruze | |
| Laurie Mitchell | ... | Queen Yllana | |
| Lisa Davis | ... | Motiya | |
| Paul Birch | ... | Prof. Konrad | |
| Patrick Waltz | ... | Lt. Larry Turner | |
| Barbara Darrow | ... | Kaeel | |
| Marilyn Buferd | ... | Odeena | |
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Mary Ford | ... | Venusian Girl |
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Marya Stevens | ... | Venusian Girl |
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Laura Mason | ... | Venusian Girl |
| Lynn Cartwright | ... | Venusian Girl | |
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Kathy Marlowe | ... | Venusian Girl |
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Coleen Drake | ... | Venusian Girl |
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En route to Earth's orbiting space station, a spaceship with four men aboard is attacked and they awaken after their spaceship crash lands. One of them, Professor Konrad, determines they have landed on Venus, a planet scientists had believed to be uninhabitable. They are taken prisoner by the inhabitants, all beautiful women, who imprisoned the men and took control of the planet. Their masked Queen, Yllana, has plans to destroy the Earth with their beta disintegrator but there is dissent among them led by the beautiful Talleah. Written by garykmcd
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psychotronic film | space station | space station explosion | matriarchy | nuclear energy |Taglines:
Mankind's first fantastic flight to Venus - the female planet! See more »Parents Guide:
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7 September 1958 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Lt. Mike Cruze: That's it! Maybe Yllana has more on her mind besides military information. Neal, why don't you give her the ole romance bit? You know, give her that black magic.
Capt. Neal Patterson: Queen Yllana?
Lt. Larry Turner: She's a woman, isn't she!
Prof. Konrad: Yes, remember the legend of Achilles heel. No one, man or woman, is completely invulnerable.
Lt. Larry Turner: Now, listen, Skipper, maybe I'm the fella that oughta have all this romantic razzamatazz.
Capt. Neal Patterson: Sorry. I don't think Yllana's your type.
Lt. Larry Turner: ...
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Many of the models, sets, and special effects are taken from World Without End (1956). See more »Goofs
Professor Konrad mentions that the rocket is powered by liquid oxygen fuel, yet a point is made to show that the ship travels at least as fast as 100 miles per second, or 360,000 miles per hour. No known chemical propulsion system could accommodate such speeds. (By contrast, Apollo astronauts traveled to the moon at speeds of around 24,000 miles per hour.) See more »Quotes
Prof. Konrad: I watched her. Believe me, Captain Patterson, she only had eyes for you.Lt. Mike Cruze: That's it! Maybe Yllana has more on her mind besides military information. Neal, why don't you give her the ole romance bit? You know, give her that black magic.
Capt. Neal Patterson: Queen Yllana?
Lt. Larry Turner: She's a woman, isn't she!
Prof. Konrad: Yes, remember the legend of Achilles heel. No one, man or woman, is completely invulnerable.
Lt. Larry Turner: Now, listen, Skipper, maybe I'm the fella that oughta have all this romantic razzamatazz.
Capt. Neal Patterson: Sorry. I don't think Yllana's your type.
Lt. Larry Turner: ...
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The infamous so-bad-it's-good space opera from director Edward Bernds, the man who gave us several of the `Three Stooges' movies. Zsa Zsa Gabor (a former `Miss Hungary') plays one of the Venusian women who defies the evil Queen of Venus (Lauren Mitchell) and falls in love with one of the four Earth men who lands on their planet. The queen hates all males because her face (which she hides behind a mask) was scarred in a war the women once fought against the now-extinct Venusian men (an idea perhaps borrowed from `Abbott and Costello Go to Mars').
The captive Earth astronauts go nuts over the sexy dames, all of whom look just fine in their futuristic miniskirts. The mission commander is Eric Fleming (`Rawhide' and `The Conquest of Space'), and one of the crewmen is Paul Birch (`Not of this Earth').
The best thing you can say about this movie is that it gives the audience a look at numerous props from more worthy 1950s science fiction movies: the astronauts' uniforms and the Venusian women's outfits are all borrowed from `Forbidden Planet' (along with a few blasters). The spaceship is from `Flight to Mars' (from a design originally submitted but rejected for the `Destination Moon' rocket). The sets and monster spider are from `World Without End' (the latter of which was also directed by Bernds, though it's a much better movie).
Amazingly enough, it was filmed in color and CinemaScope, one of the few 1950s sci-fi films that can claim this honor. In 1987 it was beautifully spoofed in `Amazon Women on the Moon', right down to the borrowed `Forbidden Planet' uniforms (recreated for that film).