The Purple Monster Strikes.

Duration: 2 reels

Genre: adventure serial

Year Published: 1945

Credits: Cast: Dennis Moore

Description: Astronomer Cyrus Layton is working late one night on his new airplane design in his observatory. He witnesses what he believes is a meteorite landing in the far distance. The alien, called "The Purple Monster," wishes to see Layton's designs for the new airplane/spaceship. He explains that he is now stealing them, to build a spaceship for himself to fly back to Mars, where a fleet of the ships will then be used invade the Earth. A series of action scenes show the pair trying to figure out and stop whatever the alien is doing on Earth.

Complete Record: THE PURPLE MONSTER STRIKES. c1945. Presented by Republic Pictures. 2 reels each (no. 1, 3 reels), sd. © Republic Pictures Corp.; no. 1–6; 3Aug45; LP13462; no. 7–15, 11Oct45; LP13532. Credits: Associate producer, Ronald Davidson; directors, Spencer Bennet, Fred Brannon; original screenplay, Royal Cole, Albert DeMond, Basil Dickey, Lynn Perkins, Joseph Poland, Barney Sarecky; music director, Richard Cherwin; photographer, Bud Thackery; film editors, Cliff Bell, Harold Minter. Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc. 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.

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