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

Writer:

Larry Buchanan

Stars:

Tommy Kirk, Yvonne Craig, Warren Hammack

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tommy Kirk	...	Dop - Martian Fellow #1 / Mr. Fast - Seattle Sun Reporter
Yvonne Craig	...	Dr. Marjorie Bolen
Warren Hammack	...	Martian Doctor / Fellow #2
Tony Huston	...	Martian Fellow #3 (as Anthony Houston)
Larry Tanner	...	Martian Fellow #4
Cal Duggan	...	Martian Fellow #5
Pat Delany	...	Artist Abducted by Martians
Sherry Roberts	...	Brenda Knowlan, Abductee
Donna Lindberg	...	Stewardess Abducted by Martians
Bubbles Cash	...	Stripper Abducted by Martians (as 'Bubbles' Cash)
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

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

Details

Official Sites:

MGM Studios [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Also Known As:

Mars Needs Women

Filming Locations:

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

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

The Colonel is wearing a Class A uniform (suit & tie) but the uniform is lacking his decorations/ribbons over the left pocket under his pilot wings. While decorations/ribbons are optional on other uniform combinations they are mandatory on the Class A uniform.

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Quotes

Dop: Since the Earthmen, especially the Americans, seem to place their faith in luck rather than scientific certainties, I wish you all luck.

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Connections

Referenced in Mars Needs Bibles (2006)

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.