Buck Rogers

April. 10,1939      NR
Rating:
6.8
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Buster Crabbe as  Buck Rogers
Constance Moore as  Wilma Deering
Jackie Moran as  George 'Buddy' Wade
Anthony Warde as  Killer Kane
C. Montague Shaw as  Prof. Huer
William Gould as  Air Marshal Kragg
Guy Usher as  Aldar
Henry Brandon as  Capt. Laska
Wheeler Oakman as  Lt. Patten
Kenne Duncan as  Lt. Lacy

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