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Buck Rogers (serial)

Buck Rogers is a 1939 science fiction film serial, produced by Universal Pictures. It stars Buster Crabbe (who had previously played the title character in two Flash Gordon serials and would return for a third in 1940) as the eponymous hero, Constance Moore, Jackie Moran and Anthony Warde.[1] It is based on the Buck Rogers character created by Philip Francis Nowlan, who had appeared in magazines and comic strips since 1928.

Buck Rogers

Ford Beebe
Saul A. Goodkind

Barney A. Sarecky

Jerome Ash

Joseph Gluck
Louis Sackin
Alvin Todd

  • April 11, 1939 (1939-04-11)

237 minutes (12 chapters)

United States

English

as Buck Rogers

Buster Crabbe

as Wilma Deering

Constance Moore

as George "Buddy" Wade

Jackie Moran

as "Killer" Kane

Anthony Warde

as Doctor Huer

C. Montague Shaw

as Captain Rankin

Jack Mulhall

as Aldar

Guy Usher

as Air Marshal Kragg

William Gould

Philson Ahn as Prince Tallen

as Captain Laska

Henry Brandon

as Kane pilot / Hidden City sentry / Saturnian lieutenant

David Sharpe

Legacy[edit]

Planet Outlaws received comedic commentary treatment in 2018 as a "...Presents" feature by Matthew J. Elliott and Ian Potter as part of RiffTrax, an offshoot of cult movie-mocking TV series Mystery Science Theater 3000.

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Planet Outlaws (1953 film, 68 minutes)

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