The Purple Monster Strikes

1945
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3h 21m

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Roy Barcroft and Linda Stirling in The Purple Monster Strikes (1945)

"The Purple Monster Strikes" tells the story of when a Martian spacecraft crash-lands near the observatory of Cyrus Layton, designer of Earth's first spaceship."The Purple Monster Strikes" tells the story of when a Martian spacecraft crash-lands near the observatory of Cyrus Layton, designer of Earth's first spaceship."The Purple Monster Strikes" tells the story of when a Martian spacecraft crash-lands near the observatory of Cyrus Layton, designer of Earth's first spaceship.

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6.3/10

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CHAPTER TITLES: 1. The Man in the Meteor; 2. The Time Trap; 3. Flaming Avalanche; 4. The Lethal Pit; 5. Death on the Beam; 6. The Demon Killer; 7. The Evil Eye; 8. Descending Doom; 9. The Living Dead; 10. house of Horror; 11. Menace From Mars; 12. Perilous Plunge; 13. Fiery Shroud; 14. The Fatal Trail; 15. Take-Off To Destruction.

Goofs
Chapter five: Craig Foster is trapped in an acid pit and acid fumes roil around him. He is rescued, but he should be badly burned and his clothes falling off in tatters.

Quotes
Dr. Cyrus Layton: This is really the greatest day of my life.
Purple Monster: Unfortunately for you, Doctor, it is also the last day of your life.

Connections
Edited into D-Day on Mars (1966)

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Great fun for an eight year old.

I saw this serial in 1945 at the Fox Egyptian Theater in San Diego. The scene of the Purple Monster taking off in his rocket ship in the last chapter was forever engraved into my mind. It was great fun a few years ago to see the serial again. I was amazed at how many people who were killed appeared again and again, plus that ford convertible that was crashed a few times had 9 lives.

I have seen a color poster of the Purple Monster, and the alien is dressed in a red costume with gold trim. In the black and white movie of course he is black and silver; perhaps they should have called him the Art Deco Monster.