Buck Rogers

"BUCK ROGERS BATTLES INVASION FROM FOREIGN PLANETS!...Space ships exploded by giant ray machines! Mountains crumbled by disintegrating machines!"

Apr 11 1939 Approved 3h 57m
Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Buck Rogers and Buddy Wade are in the middle of a trans-polar dirigible flight when they are caught in a blizzard and crash. Buddy then releases a special gas to keep them in suspended animation until a rescue party can arrive. However, an avalanche covers the craft and the two are in suspended animation for 500 years. When they are found, they awake to find out that the world has been taken over by the outlaw army of Killer Kane. Along with Lieutenant Wilma Deering, Buck and Buddy join in the fight to overthrow Kane and with the help of Prince Tallen of Saturn and his forces, they eventually do and Earth is free of Kane's grip.

Plot

Buck Rogers and Buddy Wade are in the middle of a trans-polar dirigible flight when they are caught in a blizzard and crash. Buddy then releases a special gas to keep them in suspended animation until a rescue party can arrive. However, an avalanche covers the craft, and the two are in suspended animation for 500 years. When they are found, they awake to find out that the world has been taken over by the outlaw army of Killer Kane. Along with Lieutenant Wilma Deering, Buck and Buddy join in the fight to overthrow Kane and, with the help of Prince Tallen of Saturn and his forces, they eventually do, and Earth is free of Kane's grip.

Written by

Norman S. Hall, Ray Trampe, Dick Calkins

Directed by

Ford Beebe, Saul A. Goodkind

Cast

Buster Crabbe, Constance Moore, Jackie Moran

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

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Scores
# of Votes
1,044
Average Rating
6.8 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
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