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1953 Cat-Women of the Moon is the story of four men (Sonny Tufts, Victor Jory, William Phipps, and Douglas Fowley) and a woman (Marie Windsor) who blast off in a rocketship, and land on the dark side of the moon. The five astronauts on a scientific expedition discover a cave which somehow retains a breathable atmosphere. They remove their space suits and venture on, soon finding a buried city where they encounter a race of “Cat-women”, the last eight survivors of a 2-million-year-old civilization deep within a cave where they have managed to maintain the remnants of a breathable atmosphere that once covered the Moon. The remaining air will soon be gone and they must escape if they are to survive. They plan to steal the expedition’s space ship and return to Earth.

Through the use of their telepathic ability the Cat-women have been subliminally controlling Helen Salinger (Marie Windsor) since before they left Earth so she could win the navigator position on the expedition and lead the crew to their location. Once Helen and the male members of the crew arrive on the moon the Cat-women take complete control of her mind. Unable to control the men’s minds they work around this obstacle with Helen’s help and the use of their superior abilities and feminine wiles. “Show us their weak points,” one says to Helen. “We’ll take care of the rest.”

Along with telepathy, the Cat-women have the ability to transport themselves unseen from place to place within the cave. They use this ability to steal the crew’s spacesuits where they were left at the mouth of the cave.

Using Helen to smooth things over after an earlier failed attack on the crew the Cat-women approach the men openly. Food and drink are brought out and a party ensues. Kip (Victor Jory) is suspicious after discovering the spacesuits are missing and confronts the Cat-women’s leader Alpha (Carol Brewster) who promises to return the suits in the morning. Kip sits alone, unable to intervene while the Cat-women exploit the “weak points” of expedition commander Laird (Sonny Tufts) and the other men.

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Review:
1953 Cat-Women of the Moon is a 1953 Science fiction filmed in 3-D and directed by Arthur Hilton. It stars Sonny Tufts, Victor Jory and Marie Windsor.

1953 Cat-Women of the Moon was originally released in full stereoscopic format in 1953, and a regular B/W print was released later under the title “Rocket to the Moon”. 1953 Cat-Women of the Moon is of historic interest as it was one of the first (perhaps the first) of many Sci-Fi movies about space travelers who encounter a “lost” civilization of nubile young women, not only in attractive dresses and perfect coiffures but also speaking perfect English. This theme was so successful that it has been repeatedly followed right up to today when everyone has a much more sophisticated understanding of the realities of space.

This is a classic “B” Sci-fi movie from the 1950′s. Leonard Maltin called it “the best of the So-Bad-it’s-Good movies”. This film was originally released in 3-D format in 1953, and a regular B/W print was released later under the title “Rocket to the Moon.”

Cast
Sonny Tufts – Laird Grainger
Victor Jory – Kip Reissner
Marie Windsor – Helen Salinger
William Phipps – Douglas ‘Doug’ Smith
Douglas Fowley – Walter ‘Walt’ Walters
Carol Brewster – Alpha
Susan Morrow – Lambda
Suzanne Alexander – Beta
Bette Arlen – Cat-Woman (as Betty Arlen)
Roxann Delman – Cat-Woman
Ellye Marshall – Cat-Woman
Judy Walsh – Cat-Woman

Production Credits:
Director – Arthur Hilton
Screen Writer – Roy Hamilton
Musical Score – Elmer Bernstein

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