1950s SF film
"Professor, what do you make of all this? There’s nothing but women!”
“Perhaps this is a civilization that exists without sex.”
“You call that civilization?”
“Frankly, no."
Queen of Outer Space, 1958, USA DIRECTED BY EDWARD BERNDS
Four astronauts stranded on Venus have their teenage fantasies fulfilled in this classic slice of camp in which they get to save the Earth from destruction and get the girls. After the Venusian war with the planet Mordo, and having banished the violent Venusian men to the small moon that apparently circles Venus, the evil Queen Eliana turned their attention to Earth where they suspected more men were developing weapons to attack. From a satirical script by top Hollywood screenwriter Ben Hecht a rather decent and fun movie emerged, largely as a result of Hecht's natural way with dialogue peppered with a few well-aimed one-liners: “You know, there’s a certain irony in the fact that our lives and perhaps the lives of everyone on Earth may depend on Captain Patterson’s sex appeal…” The humour smacks of Abbott and Costello, a host of ideas were nicked from Cat-Women of the Moon, the spacesuits were recycled from Forbidden Planet and the scenes of romantic attraction (as well as the stage sets) now possess an unmistakable Star Trek vibe. This is tame 'battle of the sexes' stuff now, but here is Zsa Zsa Gabor as the rebel freedom fighter Talia - along with a host of other women with legs, guns and attitude - all of whom predated Ellen Ripley by twenty years.
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