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The Lost Planet is a 1953 Columbia Pictures 15-chapter serial which has the distinction of being the last interplanetary-themed sound serial ever made. It was directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet with a screenplay by George H. Plympton and Arthur Hoerl (who also wrote forRocky Jones, Space Ranger). It appears to have been planned as a sequel to the earlier chapterplay Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere and shares many plot-points, props and sets, as well as some of the same cast. However, the Video Rangers do not appear, and their uniforms are instead worn by "slaves" created electronically by Reckov, the dictator of the Lost Planet (Gene Roth) with the help of mad scientist Dr. Grood (Michael Fox) and enslaved "good" scientist Professor Dorn (Forrest Taylor).
Original Release
06/04/1953
US Release
06/04/1953
Cast
Name | Character |
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Judd Holdren | Rex Barrow |
Vivian Mason | Ella Dorn |
Ted Thorpe | Tim Johnson |
Forrest Taylor | Prof. Edmund Dorn |
Michael Fox | Dr. Ernst Grood |
Gene Roth | Reckov |
Karl 'Killer' Davis | Karlo / Karlo - aka Robot R-4 |
Leonard Penn | Ken Wopler |
John Cason | Hopper |
Nick Stuart | Darl |
Directors
Writers
George H. Plympton, Arthur Hoerl
Cast
Name | Character |
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Judd Holdren | Rex Barrow |
Vivian Mason | Ella Dorn |
Ted Thorpe | Tim Johnson |
Forrest Taylor | Prof. Edmund Dorn |
Michael Fox | Dr. Ernst Grood |
Gene Roth | Reckov |
Karl 'Killer' Davis | Karlo / Karlo - aka Robot R-4 |
Leonard Penn | Ken Wopler |
John Cason | Hopper |
Nick Stuart | Darl |
Joseph Mell | Lah |
Jack George | Jarva |
Frederic Berest | Alden |
Pierre Watkin | Ned Hilton / Ned Hilton - Editor |
Marshall Bradford | General |
Terry Frost | Robot |
Lee Roberts | Wesley Brenn / Wesley Brenn - aka Robot R-9 |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Sam Katzman | Producer |