Queen of Outer Space

Queen of Outer Space is a 1958 American CinemaScope science fiction feature film starring Zsa Zsa Gabor, Eric Fleming and Laurie Mitchell in a tale about a revolt against a cruel Venusian queen. The screenplay by Charles Beaumont was based on an idea supplied by Ben Hecht. The film was directed by Edward Bernds, has been broadcast on television and has been released to VHS and DVD.

Cast includes Guy Prescott as Col. Ramsey uncredited, Gerry Gaylor as base commander, Ralph Gamble as officer in anteroom uncredited and Joi Lansing as an astronauts girlfriend uncredited. Venusians are played by Tania Velia, Norma Young, Marjorie Durant, Brandy Bryan, Ruth Lewis and June McCall.The Three Stooges and The Bowery Boys director Edward Bernds recalled that after famed producer Walter Wanger was released from prison for shooting agent Jennings Lang in the groin for having an affair with his wife Joan Bennett, Wanger could only find work at lowrent Allied Artists formerly Monogram Pictures. In 1952 Wanger brought a tenpage idea for a screenplay by Ben Hecht called Queen of the Universe that was a satirical look at a planet run by women. Several years later, with the idea of sciencefiction films being more common, Allied Artists revived the project with Wanger replaced on the film by Ben Schwalb, who was then producing The Bowery Boys films. Screenwriter Charles Beaumont didnt think there was much in the Hecht screenplay, but Schwalb suggested spoofing the idea and had former Three Stooges screenwriter Ellwood Ullman touch up Beaumonts screenplay. Allied Artists retitled the film Queen of Outer Space as they thought the original title sounded more like a beauty pageant. ........

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