Description: Classic Cliffhanger Movie Serials The Purple Monster Strikes Contains all 15 Chapters - 1945 Please Read the Complete Description Below Before Making a Purchase. The Image above is of the Actual Serial in its Protective Paper Envelope that You Will Receive (IT IS NOT IN A CASE), the Other One is a Copy of the Actual Movie Poster for Reference Purposes Only. Your Serial Comes on a DVD-R With Color Artwork on the DVD. All of OUR Serials are Complete and Contain all the Chapters. All Serials have Menus. Keep Reading Below for More Details This Classic Movie Serial is in the Public Domain The Purple Monster Strikes Plot 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. He contacts his niece Sheila and asks her to bring Craig Foster to the observatory to help analyze his discovery. he sets out to search for the meteorite crater but instead discovers a spaceship. The ship's pilot emerges and explains that he is from the planet Mars. Mistakenly thinking the alien is friendly, Layton takes him back to the observatory. Once there the martian, calling himself "The Purple Monster", wishes to see Layton's designs for the new airplane/spaceship. He proudly shows the alien the designs until the alien explains that he is stealing the designs, building a spaceship for himself, flying back to Mars and having a fleet built to invade the Earth. When Dr. Layton objects, the martian kills him with a weapon that emits a "carbo-oxide" gas which kills instantly. The alien then transforms into a ghost and takes over Dr Layton's body. This enables him to fool the astronomer's niece Sheila and criminologist Craig Foster, both of whom work with Dr Layton's foundation, which is responsible for commissioning the spaceship project. In the last chapter Craig and Sheila realize that the Purple Monster is using Professor Layton's body and they devise a plan to uncover the truth. While Sheila gets the supposed Doctor Layton to come downtown to sign some papers needed for funding, Craig slips into Layton's office and secretly installs a movie camera which will be remotely activated when the telephone is used. Foster then escapes and calls the office to advise him that he will be bringing reinforcements to search the observatory, which he has discovered is the Purple Monster's hideout. Craig and Sheila arrive to find the observatory deserted. Sheila goes to the basement where she stumbles upon Purple Monster's subterranean lair and is kidnapped. Foster goes to check on Sheila and finds the basement empty. He then discovers the secret lair where Sheila has been bound and gagged. The Purple Monster orders his henchmen to dispose of her and destroy the observatory once he escapes. The story ends with Craig Foster using a part of the spaceship, a sonic pulse cannon used to shatter meteors. He destroys the alien spaceship with the Purple Monster inside as he attempts to fly back to Mars and lead an invasion fleet back. Cast Dennis Moore as Craig Foster. Linda Stirling as Sheila Layton Roy Barcroft as The Purple Monster. James Craven as Dr Cyrus Layton Bud Geary as Hodge Garrett, Henchman Mary Moore as Marcia John Davidson as Emperor of Mars Joe Whitehead as Carl Stewart Anthony Warde as Tony Chapter titles The Man in the Meteor (22min 20s) The Time Trap (13min 20s) Flaming Avalanche (13min 20s) The Lethal Pit (13min 20s) Death on the Beam (13min 20s) The Demon Killer (13min 20s) The Evil Eye (13min 20s) Descending Doom (13min 20s) The Living Dead (13min 20s) House of Horror (13min 20s) Menace from Mars (13min 20s) Perilous Plunge (13min 20s) Fiery Shroud (13min 20s) The Fatal Trial (13min 20s) Take-off to Destruction (13min 20s) From: Wikipedia the Free Encyclopedia Your Serial comes on a DVD-R in a Paper Protective Sleeve (NOT in a CASE) with Color Artwork on the DVD. All of our Serials Have Menus. Please keep in mind that this movie is of very good quality for its age, but is over 75 years old. This is Not HD quality and may not look that great on your large flat screen TV. This Classic Serial is in the Public Domain. As per eBay policy, we have added the following information : Thousands of motion pictures are in the Public Domain because they were 1: Released without Copyright Notices; 2: Were never registered with the Library of Congress, had improper or late registrations; or 3: Were not properly renewed under the old requirements for films made before 1964. Date of release: Oct 6th, 1945 Date entered public domain: Jan 1st, 1971
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Features: Black & White
Rating: G
Format: DVD-R
Region Code: DVD: 0/All
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Edition: Collector's Edition
Actor: Linda Stirling Dennis Moore
Movie/TV Title: The Purple Monster Strikes
Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Sub-Genre: Action, Adventure, Aliens
Type: Classic Movie Serial