It's hard to believe grown men and women could take part in a movie this dumb, but a host of character actors from B movies of the Fifties actually signed on to this thing and made a go of it. An early tip off as to how far off the wall this flick is occurs when co-pilot Kip Reissner (Victor Jory) produces a hand gun he brought along on the spaceship for protection, and Helen Salinger (Marie Windsor) whips out a pack of cigarettes! Once on the moon, the Cat Women make their appearance with leader Alpha (Carol Brewster) in charge, explaining her telepathic link with Helen even before the space cadets landed. Throw in a couple giant sized tarantulas and a cave made of gold to whet the appetite of lusty engineer Walt Walters (Doug Fowley), and you've got the makings of a camp classic that just begs for the MST3K treatment. Walters actually had the most prolific line of dialog in the film when he remarked to moon babe Beta (Suzanne Alexander) - "You're too smart for me baby, I like 'em stupid".
1953 must have been a good year for interplanetary space travel movies, with "Abbott and Costello Go To Mars" coming out the same year. That picture also had it's share of beautiful girls who were out of this world, and the boys didn't even have to leave Earth to meet them. It's certainly the better of two movies under consideration here, although both of them on a twin bill would make for an interesting combo.
1953 must have been a good year for interplanetary space travel movies, with "Abbott and Costello Go To Mars" coming out the same year. That picture also had it's share of beautiful girls who were out of this world, and the boys didn't even have to leave Earth to meet them. It's certainly the better of two movies under consideration here, although both of them on a twin bill would make for an interesting combo.