Cat-Women of the Moon (1953)

FreeClassicMovies wrote:Released on September 3, 1953:
Astronauts fly to the dark side of the moon where they discover a city of
beautiful young women in tight leotards who try to steal their rocket ship.
Directed by Arthur Hilton
Written by Roy Hamilton from a story by Al Zimbalist and Jack Rabin
The Actors: 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)

In some quarters loathed as useless junk (John Stanley considers it nothing more than "dreadful") but in others lauded as a camp classic, Cat-Women of the Moon is the best of many 1950s space adventures in which male astronauts encounter an alien society ruled by ruthless women. Here, evil moon-women send telepathic messages to the lone female member of Earth's first moon mission. They will control her to lure the unsuspecting crew into a trap. As the lone female leads her suspicious companions to the moon-women' s cave, she asks them, "Why can't we expect love and friendship instead of death?" With stock characters wearing velvet spacesuits , a silly love triangle, a script that tries and fails to be witty, a ballet dance that tries and fails to be sexy, amateurish special effects, and (of course) vampy brunettes in tight cat-suits, there is much for camp aficionados to enjoy. The women often resemble Vulcans such as T 'Pal from Enterprise.

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