Radar Men from the Moon (1952)
Friday Night Midnight Movie
Welcome to the Retrofit Drive In which we will be firing up on selected weekend nights for the near future.
Tonight (thanks IMDB!) Strategic targets on Earth are being destroyed by an unknown weapon. Government security head Henderson is pretty much convinced it's an "atomic ray" originating from the moon! He assigns Commando Cody, scientist and man of action with a secret flying suit, to investigate. Soon, Cody is battling Earth thugs in the pay of Krog the moon man and making trips in his experimental rocket to the moon itself, in a perilous and all but singlehanded effort to thwart the planned invasion of Earth.
A blast from my past! Our local theater in Seminole OK presented Radar Men as a serial in conjunction with the cartoon, newsreels and feature movie they offered for the SA afternoon matinee. I could get in by presenting a six pack of Double Cola bottles. It must have been sponsored by our local DC distributor. I could leave my house on SA morning on my bike and be assured of finding six bottles by the time I got downtown to the theater. A quarter got me a soda and popcorn and I was set for three hours of air conditioned video heaven.