The Wizard of Mars
1965 American film / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Wizard of Mars is a 1965 American science fiction film directed and co-written by David L. Hewitt, based on L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The title character is portrayed by John Carradine, who gives a lengthy monologue as a projection near the end of the film.
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Directed by | David L. Hewitt |
Screenplay by | David L. Hewitt |
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Cinematography | Austin McKinney |
Edited by | Tom Graeff |
Music by | Frank A. Coe |
Distributed by | American General Pictures Inc. |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $33,000 (estimated) |
The film's plot centers on four astronauts—Steve (Roger Gentry), "Doc" (Vic McGee), Charlie (Jerry Rannow), and Dorothy (Eve Bernhardt), shown aboard ship wearing Silver Shoes—who dream they are struck by a storm and encounter the Horrors of the Red Planet (one of the film's video retitlings), and eventually follow a "Golden Road" to the Ancient City where they encounter the title character, who is the group mind of all Martians.