MARS NEEDS WOMEN (1967) ¢ ¢
D: Larry Buchanan
Tommy Kirk, Yvonne Craig, Byron Lord,
Roger Ready, Neil Fletcher, George Edgley,
Pat Delany, Sherry Roberts, "Bubbles" Cash
. . . and they've come all the way to Earth to find them. Tommy Kirk plays one of the Martians. He used to be a Mouseketeer. Yvonne Craig plays one of the women. She used to be Batgirl. It seems that females like her are in short supply on Mars (who knew?), and that's why (spoiler alert!) Mars Needs Women.
[Bonus feature: Some viewers would argue that's not much of a review, and they'd be right. To help make up for that, here's a special bonus "Mars Needs Women" trivia question. Besides Yvonne Craig, the other women in the movie include an actress called "Bubbles" Cash. Which character do you think "Bubbles" plays in the film?
a) the flight attendant
b) the scientist
c) the stripper
d) the homecoming queen
The answer is probably the one you'd expect. It's a widely recognized fact that in the whole history of low-budget movies about rocket ships and men from Mars, no actress named "Bubbles" has ever played a scientist.]
Tommy Kirk
(1941-2021)
