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Santa Claus Conquers the Martians is a 1964 American Christmas science fiction comedy film. It was directed by Nicholas Webster, produced and written by Paul L. Jacobson, and based on a story by Glenville Mareth.
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 Martianshas An Odd Connection to Charles Lindbergh.
- Santa Claus Conquers The Martianswas The Film Debut of Pia Zadora.
- The Alien Stun Guns in Santa Claus Conquers The Martians Were Name Brand Toys.
- That Guy in The Polar Bear Suit Later appeared in All The President’s Men.
- Santa Claus Conquers The Martians Shares A Bit of Footage with Dr. Strangelove.
- There’S A Spelling Error in Santa Claus Conquers The Martians’S Opening Credits.
Everything started out innocently enough. Santa Claus Conquers the Martians was the brainchild of producer Paul L. Jacobson. Incidentally, this was the first—and only—movie that he ever produced. In the 1950s, Jacobson had worked as a unit manager on NBC’s iconic puppet show Howdy Doody. This experience gave him an insider’s look at the children’s ...
Long before making it big as a professional singer, Pia Zadora entered the world of film in Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. Here, her character is Girmar, a typical red planet girl who likes watching “Earth programs” with her brother on the family television set. This was just the beginning of Zadora’s cult movie career, as she’d also turn up in...
Halfway through the movie, a troop of unitard-wearing spacemen break into Santa’s workshop. Once there, the invaders freeze some innocent elves (and poor Mrs. Claus) in their tracks with special guns. Any kid growing up in the 1960s would have easily recognized these weapons as plastic “ray guns”that Marx Toy Co. mass produced throughout the decade...
“We weren’t about to get a real bear!” director Nicholas Webster said in retrospect. En route to warning Santa about the Martians, Billy and Betty encounter a huge polar bear, who briefly corners them. You needn’t be a genius to deduce that the beast is really a man in a cheap costume. Watch this clip closely and you may also notice that the person...
As the opening credits roll in Stanley Kubrick’s biting cold war comedy, we’re treated to some military stock footage of a plane refueling in midair. Santa Claus Conquers the Martians incorporates this exact same snippetat the 24:40 mark.
Ramsey Mostoller is listed as the picture’s “Custume Designer.” Naturally, this little typo did not go unnoticed when Santa Claus Conquers the Martians got the Mystery Science Theater 3000 treatment in 1991.
In an effort to cheer up the children of Mars, who have learned about Santa Claus by watching television programmes from Earth, the Martian Kimar (Hicks) resolves to bring Santa Claus to Mars. The Martians (who are green-skinned humanoids with antennae) travel to Earth and abduct two children, Billy (Stiles) and Betty (Conforti), who lead them ...
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.
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians is a 1964 American science fiction comedy film directed by Nicholas Webster, written by Paul L. Jacobson based on a story by Glenville Mareth, stars John Call as Santa Claus, and features an eight year old Pia Zadora as one of the Martian children.
The Martians, led by Lord Kimar and ultimately his wife Lady Momar, don't want any harm to Santa Claus or the Foster children, but only want the Martian children to be happy, which may mean keeping the three Earthlings on Mars forever.
