Themes: Battle of the Sexes, Space Travel, Psychic Abilities
Main Cast: Sonny Tufts, Victor Jory, Marie Windsor, Carol Brewster, Douglas Fowley, Susan Morrow, William Phipps
Release Year: 1953
Country: US
Run Time: 65 minutes
Plot
Cat Women of the Moon tells the tale of a group of American space travellers who confront a hostile tribe of females on the border between the light and dark side of the moon. The expedition is led by Laird Grainger (Sonny Tufts), whose polyglot crew--including co-pilot Kip Reissner (Victor Jory) and navigator Helen Salinger (Marie Windsor)--land on the lunar surface, where they soon discover that there's an atmosphere and water and everything. After a few minutes of wandering, the travellers come upon a huge modernistic city, populated by leotard-clad "cat women". The ruler, Alpha (Carol Brewster), reveals that she has telepathically brought the earthlings to her city, using Salinger as her unsuspecting go-between. The cat women perform a kinky dance to the tune of "Stranger in Paradise," while the shifty copilot Reissner tries to steal the city's cache of gold. Alpha enslaves the visitors via mind control, leaving only cat-woman Lambda (Susan Morrow), who has fallen in love with crewman Douglas Smith (Bill Phipps), to save the day. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Arthur D. Hilton - Director, John A. Bushelman - Editor, Elmer Bernstein - Composer (Music Score), Harry Thomas - Makeup, William Glasgow - Production Designer, Wm. Whitley - Cinematographer, Jack R. Rabin - Producer, Al Zimbalist - Producer, C. Fay Babcock - Set Designer, Jack R. Rabin - Special Effects, Al Zimbalist - Special Effects, Jack R. Rabin - Screen Story, Roy Hamilton - Screenwriter
