Daddy-O's Drive-In Dirt - Short 102S

102S - RADAR MEN FROM THE MOON
(1/9/1952; 1951; NR; 167m)

a.k.a. RETIK, THE MOON MENACE (1966; re-edited feature)
a.k.a. COMMANDO CODY
a.k.a. GUERRA ENTRE PLANETAS
(Argentina: War Between the Planets)
not a.k.a. COMMANDO CODY: SKY MARSHALL OF THE UNIVERSE (1953 TV series)

Chapter 1: MOON ROCKET
(Shown with movie 102-The Robot Vs. the Aztec Mummy)
Chapter 2: MOLTEN TERROR
(Shown with movie 103-The Mad Monster)
Chapter 3: BRIDGE OF DEATH
(Shown with movie 105-The Corpse Vanishes)
Chapter 4: FLIGHT OF DESTRUCTION
(Shown with movie 107-Robot Monster)
Chapter 5: MURDER CAR
(Shown with movie 107-Robot Monster)
Chapter 6: HILLS OF DEATH
(Shown with movie 108-The Slime People)
Chapter 7:
CAMOUFLAGED DESTRUCTION

(Shown with movie 109-Project Moon Base)
Chapter 8: THE ENEMY PLANET
(Shown with movie 109-Project Moon Base)
Chapter 9: BATTLE IN THE STRATOSPHERE
(Shown with movie 110-Robot Holocaust)
Chapter 10: MASS EXECUTION (not shown on MST3000)
Chapter 11: PLANNED PURSUIT (not shown on MST3000)
Chapter 12: DEATH OF THE MOONMAN
(not shown on MST3000)

Short Type: Serial

Ad: "Moon Monsters Menace Mankind!"
Ad: "He's Sensational!"

Plot: Hero Commando Cody saves the earth from the evil lunar guy Retik.

Assoc Prod: Franklin Adreon (Zombies of the Stratosphere)
Dir: Fred C. Brannon (Zombies of the Stratosphere; D-Day on Mars)
Scr: Ronald Davidson (Adventures of Captain Marvel)
Cin: John MacBurnie (Zombies of the Stratosphere; Ghost of Zorro)
SFX: Howard Lydecker (406S-Undersea Kingdom;
Oscar nom/Women in War; The Flying Tigers)
SFX: Theodore Lydecker (406S; Zombies of the Stratosphere)
Ed: Cliff Bell Sr. (Zombies of the Stratosphere)
M/U: Bob Mark (420-The Human Duplicators)
ADir: Fred A. Ritter (Zombies of the Stratosphere)
Set: John McCarthy Jr.
(614-San Francisco International; 615-Kitten With A Whip)
Set: James Redd (Zombies of the Stratosphere; Clambake)
Sound: Dick Tyler Sr. (517-Beginning of the End; The Atomic Kid)
Sco: Stanley Wilson (mdir/415-The Beatniks; TV's Ironside)

Commando Cody / George Wallace (Forbidden Planet)
Joan Gilbert / Aline Towne (Send Me No Flowers; The Steel Trap)
Retik / Roy Barcroft*
Graber / Clayton Moore (TV's Lone Ranger; The Ghost of Zorro)
Ted Richards / William Bakewell*
Krog / Peter Brocco (Tobor the Great; Spartacus; Our Man Flint)
Robal / Noel Cravat (5,000 Fingers of Dr. T)
Daly / Bob Stevenson (The Ghost Ship)
Zerg / Tom Steele (406S; Ghost of Zorro)
Alon / Dale Van Sickel (413-Manhunt in Space; The Searchers)
Hank / Wilson Wood (Jailhouse Rock; Zombies of the Stratosphere)
Bream / Paul McGuire (511-Gunslinger)
cafe manager Al / Ted Thorpe (Machine Gun Kelly; Hang 'Em High)
Nasor / Baynes Barron (From Hell It Came; North by Northwest)
Jones / Dick Cogan (Flying Disc Man from Mars; Unknown World)
Mr. Henderson / Don Walters (maybe 704-Incredible Melting Man)
first cop at landing field / Joe Bailey (South Pacific)
Duke / Billy Dix (The Giant from the Unknown; She Demons)
agent with ray gun / Claude Dunkin (Red Planet Mars)
Benson / Stephen Gregory (Radar Patrol Vs. Spy King)
agent with ray gun / Barry Hollins
motorist with pursuing cop / Carey Loftin
(419-The Rebel Set; The Invisible Monster)
Lunarium guard / William Marke
trucker at cafe / John Marshall (Tight Spot)
Sam / Tony Merrill (Donovan's Brain; Cat on a Hot Tin Roof)
henchman in getaway car / Paul Palmer (The Milkman)
pursuing cop / Dick Rich (The Neanderthal Man; Jailhouse Rock)
Moon Scout 7 / Sam Sebby
guard at Cody's lab / Jack Shea (Zombies of the Stratosphere)
second cop at landing field / Guy Teague (The Invisible Monster)
man / Kenneth Terrell
(409-The Indestructible Man; The Brain from Planet Arous)
motorcycle cop / Arthur Walsh (My Darling Clementine)

Classic Line: "Go ahead and ram!"

Trivia: Cody's helmet and backpack (and his flying scenes) were originally used in the 1949 serial, King of the Rocket Men.

Born Howard H. Ravenscroft, ROY BARCROFT (1902-1969) appeared in hundreds of films and serials, frequently as a villain in Westerns. His films include: 1931-Mata Hari; 1939's 203S-THE PHANTOM CREEPS; 1940-Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe; 1950-Radar Patrol Vs. Spy King; 1966-Billy the Kid Vs. Dracula; and 1968-Rosemary's Baby.

Born in 1909, WILLIAM BAKEWELL was playing juvenile roles in the silent films of the 1920's, and went on to have mostly minor parts in 110 movies including: 1930's All Quiet on the Western Front; 1939's Gone With The Wind; and many others during the heyday of M-G-M Studios. Many Baby Boomers remember him as the foil of Fess Parker's character in Disney's 1954 TV movie, Davy Crockett.

Last Updated: 3/28/1999

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