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Radar Men from the Moon was the first Commando Cody serial, in 12
chapters, starring newcomer George Wallace (1917-2005) as Cody and
Aline Towne as his sidekick Joan Gilbert, with serial veteran Roy
Barcroft as the evil Retik, the Ruler of the Moon. The director was
Fred C. Brannon, with a screenplay by Ronald Davidson and special
effects by the Lydecker brothers. The serial was distributed by
Republic Pictures.
The cast of characters included:
George Wallace as Commando Cody
Aline Towne as Joan Gilbert
Roy Barcroft as Retik, Ruler of the Moon
William Bakewell as Ted Richards
Clayton Moore as Graber
Peter Brocco as Krog
Bob Stevenson as Daly
The twelve chapter titles were:
1. "Moon Rocket"
2. "Molten Terror"
3. Bridge of Death"
4. "Flight of Destruction"
5. "Murder Car"
6. "Hills of Death"
7. Camouflaged Destruction"
8. "The Enemy Planet"
9. "Battle in the Stratosphere"
10. "Mass Execution"
11. "Planned Pursuit"
12. "Death of the Moon Man"
This famous serial recycles the rocket-powered flying suit from King
of the Rocket Men (1949). The main character, Commando Cody, is a
civilian researcher with a sizable staff of employees and a large
laboratory building. (The building is actually the front office of
Republic Pictures with a "Cody Laboratories" sign attached next to
the door.)
Commando Cody has available for his use the rocket-powered flying
suit and a rocket ship capable of reaching the moon. When the U.S.
finds itself under attack as a mysterious something wipes out
military bases and industrial complexes. Cody deduces that the Earth
faces a menace from our own moon, and rockets there to discover and
confront the moon's dictator Retik, who boldly announces plans to
conquer our planet and move his subjects there.
Throughout the serial Cody spends most of his time on Earth battling
an elusive lunar native, Krog, and the gang of crooks he has hired
to steal and stockpile supplies for the invasion. Clayton Moore
plays Krog's chief earthling assistant.
The serial reuses extensive footage from King of the Rocketmen as
well as The Purple Monster Strikes. Republic reused the
rocket-powered flying suit in Zombies of the Stratosphere (also from
1952), in which the hero was called Larry Martin, and played by the
serial Captain Video, Judd Holdren, but who had available Aline
Towne and all the other equipment and facilities previously used by
Cody. Holdren went on to star as Cody in Commando Cody: Sky Marshal
of the Universe (1953).
The filming on Radar Men from the Moon took place between October
17th and November 6th of 1951. This was the most expensive serial
Republic produced in 1951, although Zombies of the Stratosphere was
the only other produced that year. In terms of cost per chapter,
this is the second most expensive of Republic's sixty-six serials .
So sit back, grab the kids, the popcorn, raisinettes or your
favorite treat and take yourself back to those Saturday afternoons
when you went to the movies to see the “next episode” of your
favorite Saturday matinee serial before the movie. With twelve
episodes for Radar Men From The Moon, and close to three hours
you’ll have lots to watch and talk about.
We want to thank
Wikipedia for some of the background information on this show.
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