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- John Call plays Santa here, Bill McCutcheon plays the dim-witted Droppo, Ned Wertimer (Ralph the Doorman on "The Jeffersons") plays a reporter who interviews Santa and, in her film debut, 10-year-old Pia Zadora plays one of the Martian children.
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John Call stars as Santa Claus, ten-year-old Pia Zadora as Girmar the Martian girl, and Doris Rich in the first documented motion picture role of Mrs. Claus. Santa Claus Conquers the Martians regularly appears on lists of the worst films ever made and in the "bottom 100" list on IMDb.
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians: Directed by Nicholas Webster. With John Call, Leonard Hicks, Vincent Beck, Bill McCutcheon. The Martians kidnap Santa Claus because there is nobody on Mars to give their children presents.
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- Adventure, Comedy, Family
- Nicholas Webster
- 1966-11-10
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
- Santa Claus Conquers the Martians has an odd connection to Charles Lindbergh. Everything started out innocently enough. Santa Claus Conquers the Martians was the brainchild of producer Paul L. Jacobson.
- Santa Claus Conquers the Martians was the film debut of Pia Zadora. Long before making it big as a professional singer, Pia Zadora entered the world of film in Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.
- The alien stun guns in Santa Claus Conquers the Martians were name brand toys. Halfway through the movie, a troop of unitard-wearing spacemen break into Santa’s workshop.
- A Tonight Show band leader wrote Santa Claus Conquers the Martians’s catchy theme song. It’s tough to get the very catchy “Hooray for Santy Claus!” out of your head within four hours of watching this movie.
When they arrive on Mars, Santa Claus, with the help of the two Earth children and a rather simple-minded Martian lackey, overcomes the Martians by bringing fun, happiness and Christmas cheer to the children of Mars. —<srm12@ksu.ksu.edu>
Martians fear their children have become lazy and joyless due to their newfound obsession with Earth TV shows. After ancient Martian leader Chochem suggests that the children of Mars need more fun—including their own Santa Claus—supreme leader Lord Kimar assembles an expedition to Earth.
The Martians (who are green-skinned humanoids with antennae) travel to Earth and abduct two children, Billy (Stiles) and Betty (Conforti), who lead them to the North Pole, where they seize Santa (Call) and bring him back to Mars.
