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Buck Rogers

1977 · 90 min

A cheerful, creaky old-school adventure that rattles along with cardboard rockets and plucky heroics, best enjoyed as nostalgic Saturday-matinee fun.

Directed by
Ford Beebe, Saul A. Goodkind
Genres
Science fiction
Starring
Buster Crabbe, Constance Moore, Anthony Warde
Tagline
Star Wars owes it all to
Overview
Edited version of the 1939 Universal serial "Buck Rogers." A 20th Century pilot named Buck Rogers and his young friend Buddy Wade awake from 500 years in suspended animation to find that the world has been taken over by the outlaw army of Killer Kane.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Ford Beebe, Saul A. Goodkind
Genres
Science fiction
Starring
Buster Crabbe, Constance Moore, Anthony Warde
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Tone
  • campystrength 3 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • rebellion
  • power
  • friendship
  • freedom
Places
  • space
  • big city
Era
far-future
Audience
family
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror1
Humour4
Realism2
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity2
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
science fiction
Directed by
Ford Beebe, Saul A. Goodkind
Written by
Norman S. Hall, Ray Trampe
Starring
Buster Crabbe, Constance Moore, Anthony Warde, Jackie Moran, C. Montague Shaw, Philson Ahn, Guy Usher, William Gould
Runtime
90 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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