Mars Needs Women (1967) (TV)

Director:

Larry Buchanan

Writer:

Larry Buchanan (writer)

Genre:

Sci-Fi

Tagline:

They were looking for chicks... to go all the way!

Plot:

Tommy Kirk leads his fellow Martians to Earth on an interplanetary quest for females. Kirk proves that...

Plot Keywords:

Martian | Sex | Women | Map | Fisherman

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Tommy Kirk	...	Dop - Martian Fellow #1 / Mr. Fast - Seattle Sun Reporter
Yvonne Craig	...	Dr. Bolen
Warren Hammack	...	Martian Doctor / Fellow #2
Tony Huston	...	Martian Fellow #3 (as Anthony Huston)
Larry Tanner	...	Martian Fellow #4
Cal Duggan	...	Martian Fellow #5
Pat Delaney	...	Artist Abducted by Martians (as Pat Delany)
Sherry Roberts	...	Brenda Knowlan, Abductee
Donna Lindberg	...	Stewardess Abducted by Martians
Bubbles Cash	...	Stripper Abducted by Martians
Byron Lord	...	Col. Bob Page, U.S.D.S.
Roger Ready	...	Stimmons
Barnett Shaw	...	Man at Military Conference
Neil Fletcher	...	Secretary of Defense
Chet Davis	...	Network News Man

Runtime:

83 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) (video rating) | Australia:PG | USA:Unrated | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Fair Park, Dallas, Texas, USA

Company:

Azalea Pictures

Trivia:

The "Space Center," which looks like a big white mushroom, is now the revolving restaurant at the Houston Airport Marriott at George Bush Intercontinental.

Quotes:

Dop: Since the Earthmen, especially the Americans, seem to place their faith in luck rather than scientific certainties, I wish you all luck.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Phil the Alien (2004)

Tommy Kirk, you devil you...

The aptly titled "Mars Needs Women" is a rather tepid piece of science-fiction, that feels like you're watching someone on a Sunday afternoon, the movie just kind of loafs around, takes it easy, never tries to over exert itself. It's got some fine cheesy moments (And Yvonne Craig is about as sexy as they come), but overall, more of a yawn than a laugh riot.

Tommy Kirk is one of the Martians desperately in need of women (I guess their bizarre pick-up moves aren't scoring the babes like they used to on Mars), and they come to Houston, TX to try to get them. Well, since Kirk's the leader, I'm sure you can assume it all goes badly, and that the effects are silly, the plot inane, and the dialogue downright awful in points. This you know.

But you might not know that the Martians can teleport, but still need cars. And they can hypnotize women, yet they resort to trying to seduce them (In really awkward ways too...a planetarium for a date? Yuck.) You are probably also unaware that scene after scene go by without a single piece of dialogue or plot development (The stock footage of the aircraft scene is my favorite...five minutes of a big plane deploying a small plane, which then lands, while 5 different faceless people with near-identical voices converse on an intercom). Just so you know.

At least I don't blame the Martians for wanting these women, they are all rather fetching, especially Yvonne "Call me Batgirl and I break you" Craig as a sex specialist/astronomer/geneticist/librarian (I dunno, she's like the Bionic Woman or something). Call me crazy, but I love a girl in turtle shell glasses.

My own personal tastes aside, there is some good mocking material in "Mars Needs Women" but not as much as a "No Holds Barred" or a "Gymkata." Not for lightweights.