The Purple Monster Strikes | |
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Directed by | Spencer Gordon Bennet Fred C. Brannon |
Written by | Royal Cole Albert DeMond Basil Dickey Lynn Perkins Joseph Poland Barney Sarecky |
Produced by | Ronald Davidson |
Starring | Dennis Moore Linda Stirling Roy Barcroft James Craven Bud Geary John Davidson |
Cinematography | Bud Thackery |
Music by | Mort Glickman |
Distributed by | Republic Pictures |
Release dates | |
Running time | 15 chapters (209 minutes) (serial)[1] 100 minutes (TV)[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $160,057 (negative cost: $183,803)[1] |
The Purple Monster Strikes is a 1945 Republic Movie serial.[2] It was also released as a Century 66 television film under the title D-Day on Mars (1966).
The original production title for the serial was The Purple Shadow Strikes. The sequel to this serial was the 1950 Flying Disc Man from Mars, which used much of the footage from the original.[3]