Movie · 1939
Buck Rogers
Released 10 April 1939 More from 1939 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
Buck Rogers and Buddy Wade are in the middle of a trans-polar dirigible flight when they are caught in a blizzard and crash. Buddy then releases a special gas to keep them in suspended animation until a rescue party can arrive. However, an avalanche covers the craft and the two are in suspended animation for 500 years. When they are found, they awake to find out that the world has been taken over by the outlaw army of Killer Kane. Along with Lieutenant Wilma Deering, Buck and Buddy join in the fight to overthrow Kane and with the help of Prince Tallen of Saturn and his forces, they eventually do and Earth is free of Kane's grip.
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How old were they?
William Gould
as Air Marshal Kragg
Cyril Delevanti
as Saturnian Councilman
Kenneth Harlan
as Reporter at Wade's Lab
Lane Chandler
as Army Official at Wade's Lab
Reed Howes
as Capt. Roberts
Eddie Parker
as Council-Room Guard
Anthony Warde
as Killer Kane
Henry Brandon
as Capt. Laska
Jackie Moran
as George 'Buddy' Wade
Philson Ahn
as Prince Tallen
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The numbers
36years between the oldest and youngest billed
52William Gould — oldest on the call sheet
16Jackie Moran — youngest billed
37average age of the credited cast