Mars Needs Women (1967)

Dop leads his fellow Martians to Earth on an interplanetary quest for females. Dop proves that Martians have impeccable taste when one of his first conquests turns out to be sexy scientist Dr. Marjorie Bolen.

Director:

Larry Buchanan

Writers:

Larry Buchanan, Enrique Houston Touceda

Stars:

Tommy Kirk, Yvonne Craig, Byron Lord

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tommy Kirk	...	Dop - Martian Fellow #1 / Mr. Fast - Seattle Sun Reporter
Yvonne Craig	...	Dr. Marjorie Bolen
Byron Lord	...	Col. Bob Page U.S.D.S.
Roger Ready	...	Stimmons
Barnett Shaw	...	Man at Military Conference
Neil Fletcher	...	Secretary of Defense
Chet Davis	...	Real Mr. Fast
Ron Scott
George Edgley	...	Planetarium Director
Dick Simpson
Don Campbell
Bob Hazlett	...	James, Gas Station Attendant
Ann Palmer	...	U.S.D.S. Tech
Gordon Bulow
Bill Thurman	...	Drunk on Pier

Storyline

After receiving a series of messages from outer space all decoded to be "Mars Needs Women", the United States Decoding Center in Houston receives a visit from Dop, the leader of a group of five Martians on an experimental voyage to Earth. Because of a genetic problem, Martians are producing virtually only male offspring and thus need to import women for the survival of the species. The Martians' non-hostile mission is to bring back to Mars five fertile and single human women. Those at the Center see the mission as a hostile one and as such the Martians decide to carry out their mission as inconspicuously as possible without the cooperation of the authorities by posing as Earthlings. Of the potential women they spy which includes strippers, co-eds and flight attendants, the one they believe is the most conducive to success of the project is the beautiful Dr. Marjorie Bolen, an expert in space genetics. In pursuing her, Dop falls in love with Dr. Bolen. But the Martians have to complete...

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Plot Keywords:

theft | break in | car theft | subterfuge | petrol station | 

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Taglines:

They Were Looking For Chicks. . . To Go All The Way!

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Genres:

Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

Unrated

Did You Know?

Trivia

The Athens Strip was an actual striptease club in Dallas on Greenville Avenue. Bubbles Cash was one of their advertised dancers. Bubbles Cash used to attend the Dallas Cowboys football games in the Cotton Bowl and radio announcers covering the game would note that she was attending the game.

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Goofs

Dop tells the other Martians that on Earth they weigh twice what they do on Mars. Actually, Earth surface gravity is three times Martian surface gravity.

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Quotes

Stimmons: Just how long have we been receiving these mysterious signals from outer space?

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Connections

Referenced in Best of the Worst: Supergirl, Captain America (1990), and Roger Corman's Fantastic Four (2014)

User Reviews

One of the great awful movies

I love this movie because it is just so darn sincere. There is not a moment in the film that suggests its author understands the ridiculousness of his premise. This wants to be a good movie, an intelligent piece of science fiction, and yet, it is called Mars Needs Women. The movie even has some literary pretensions showing.

Everything about this movie is inept, but done with such earnestness that it is reminiscent of when a cute little kid says something totally absurd and laughable with a straightforward demeanor that just makes it all that much funnier. I rank this up (or is that down) with camp classics like Glen or Glenda. I just found it very funny.

Details

Official Sites:

MGM Studios [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Also Known As:

Mars Needs Women

Filming Locations:

Collins Radio Antenna Building, 1300 International Parkway, Richardson, Texas, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$20,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Azalea Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1