Buck Rogers (serial)

Buck Rogers is a 1939 Universal serial film starring Buster Crabbe who had previously played the title character in two Flash Gordon serials and would return for a third in 1940 as the eponymous hero, Constance Moore, Jackie Moran and Anthony Warde. It was based on the Buck Rogers character created by Philip Francis Nowlan, which had appeared in magazines and comic strips since 1928.

Buck and Buddy join the resistance, and they set out for Saturn, where they hope that they can find help in their fight against Kane. Saturn is run by Aldar Guy Usher and the Council of the Wise and Prince Tallen. To the dismay of Buck and Buddy, they also discover that Kane has dispatched ambassadors of his own, headed by his loyal henchman, Captain Laska Henry Brandon. The serial then becomes a backandforth struggle between Buck and Kane to secure the military support of Saturn for the struggles on Earth.This 12part Buck Rogers movie serial was launched in 1939. It starred Buster Crabbe, who had previously played the role of Flash Gordon in two movie serials prior to Buck Rogers. Constance Moore played Lieutenant Wilma Deering, the only woman in the film, and Jackie Moran was Buddy Wade, a character who did not appear in other versions of the Buck Rogers franchise, but who was clearly modeled on the Sunday strip character Buddy Deering. Anthony Warde played Killer Kane, Buck Rogers enemy this was the only time that Warde, who usually portrayed evil underlings in serials, played a lead villain. KoreanAmerican actor Philson Ahn, younger brother of noted actor Philip Ahn, played Prince Tallen, a Saturnian native who befriends Buck Rogers. ........

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