Buck Rogers
This is the type of stuff that fires the imagination of the youngsters and usually pays dividends at the box office. It's more like an idea of a script writer's holiday with no restrictions on his fancy. Along the lines of an earlier Buck Rogers serial, this is about the world 500 years from now. Buster Crabbe again plays the lead, assisted by Jackie Moran. The two, as the serial opens, are in a dirigible that crashes in the Arctic. A strange gas keeps them in a state of suspended animation for 500 years and when they are revived they find the world is dominated by a super-gangster. Crabbe and Moran quickly adapt themselves to the ingenuous contraptions and align themselves on the side of good against evil. The serial is filled with all kinds of gadgets that are pictured in scientific fantasies. Also in the cast are Jack Mulhall, Constance Moore and Montague Shaw.
- 1939
- 3 Hrs 57 Mins
- Action & Adventure, Family, Science Fiction
This is the type of stuff that fires the imagination of the youngsters and usually pays dividends at the box office. It's more like an idea of a script writer's holiday with no restrictions on his fancy. Along the lines of an earlier Buck Rogers serial, this is about the world 500 years from now. Buster Crabbe again plays the lead, assisted by Jackie Moran. The two, as the serial opens, are in a dirigible that crashes in the Arctic. A strange gas keeps them in a state of suspended animation for 500 years and when they are revived they find the world is dominated by a super-gangster. Crabbe and Moran quickly adapt themselves to the ingenuous contraptions and align themselves on the side of good against evil. The serial is filled with all kinds of gadgets that are pictured in scientific fantasies. Also in the cast are Jack Mulhall, Constance Moore and Montague Shaw.
