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Mars Needs Women 
Directed by Larry Buchanan Produced by Larry Buchanan Written by Larry Buchanan Narrated by Larry Buchanan Starring Tommy Kirk
Yvonne Craig
Patrick CranshawMusic by Ronald Stein Cinematography Robert Jessup Editing by Larry Buchanan Studio Azalea Pictures Distributed by American International Television Release date(s) 1967 Running time 80 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $20,000 (estimate)[1] Mars Needs Women is an American International Pictures made for TV science fiction film[2] filmed in 1966 and released in 1967 which features Tommy Kirk, Yvonne Craig, and Byron Lord. it was shot during a two week period in Houston and Dallas, Texas. The film was directed by Larry Buchanan and produced by his company, Azalea Pictures.
Due to poor lighting, parts of the film were made by undercranking the camera and having the actors move more slowly, sometimes shooting at 18 or 12 frames per second instead of the usual 24. Tommy Kirk had previously played a Martian seeking Earthwomen in AIP's Pajama Party (1964).[3]
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Plot
The premise is that a military decoding station has intercepted a message, only three words, "Mars Needs Women". As the plot unfolds it's revealed that Martians have a genetic deficiency that produces only male babies. They launch a mission to Earth consisting of five Martians who recruit volunteer women to come to Mars. They meet strong resistance on the part of the Earth authorities.
Cast
- Tommy Kirk as Dop – Martian Fellow #1 / Mr. Fast – Seattle Sun Reporter
- Yvonne Craig as Dr. Bolen
- Warren Hammack as Martian Doctor / Fellow #2
- Tony Huston as Martian Fellow #3 (as Anthony Huston)
- Larry Tanner as Martian Fellow #4
- Cal Duggan as Martian Fellow #5
- Pat Delaney as Artist Abducted by Martians (as Pat Delany)
- Sherry Roberts as Brenda Knowlan, Abductee
- Donna Lindberg as Stewardess Abducted by Martians
- Bubbles Cash as Stripper Abducted by Martians
- Byron Lord as Col. Bob Page, U.S.D.S.
- Roger Ready as Stimmons
- Barnett Shaw as Man at Military Conference
- Neil Fletcher as Secretary of Defense
- Chet Davis as Network News Man
Notes
The film, shot partly in Dallas (where the Southland Life building is visible as the Martians drive among the humans), is padded with long sequences taken from military videos (X-15 and F-111 in particular).
References
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060672/
- ^ p.53 Ray, Fred Olen The New Poverty Row: Independent Filmmakers as Distributors 1991 McFarland
- ^ http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/82991/Mars-Needs-Women/articles.html
External links
- Mars Needs Women at AllRovi
- Mars Needs Women at the Internet Movie Database
- Mars Needs Women at the TCM Movie Database
Films directed by Larry Buchanan 1950s The Cowboy (short) (1951) · Grubstake (1952)1960s The Naked Witch (1961) · Common Law Wife (1963) · Free, White and 21 (1963) · Naughty Dallas (1964) · Under Age (1964) · The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (1964) · The Eye Creatures (1965) · High Yellow (1965) · Zontar, The Thing from Venus (1966) · Curse of the Swamp Creature (1966) · Sam (1967) · Mars Needs Women (1967) · In the Year 2889 (1967) · Creature of Destruction (1967) · Hell Raiders (1968) · Comanche Crossing (1968) · The Other Side of Bonnie and Clyde (1968) · 'It's Alive!' (1969)1970s Strawberries Need Rain (1970) · A Bullet for Pretty Boy (1970) · Goodbye, Norma Jean (1976) · Hughes and Harlow: Angels in Hell (1978) · Mistress of the Apes (1979)1980s 2000s The Copper Scroll of Mary Magdalene (2004)Categories:- 1967 films
- American films
- English-language films
- 1960s science fiction films
- Alien visitation films
- Mars in film
- American International Pictures films
- Films shot in Texas
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