Buck Rogers Conquers the Universe

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Buck Rogers Conquers the Universe ★★ 1939

The story of Buck Rogers, written by Phil Nolan in 1928, was the first science-fiction story done in the modern superhero space genre. Many of the “inventions” seen in this movie have actually come into existence—space-ships, ray guns (lasers), anti-gravity belts—a testament to Nolan's almost psychic farsightedness. 91m/B VHS . Buster Crabbe, Constance Moore, Jackie Moran; D: Ford Beebe, Saul Goodkind.