Chris Month
Actor

Chris Month was born on 6 February 1953. He is an actor, known for Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964), The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) and The Doctors and the Nurses (1962).

Born February 6, 1953

Santa Claus Conquers the Martians

Santa Claus Conquers the Martians

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Directed by: Nicholas Webster
Screenplay by: Paul L. Jacobson
Story by: Glenville Mareth
Produced by: Paul L. Jacobson
Starring
John Call
Leonard Hicks
Vincent Beck
Bill McCutcheon
Victor Stiles
Donna Conforti
Chris Month
Pia Zadora
Leila Martin
Charles Renn
Cinematography: David L. Quaid
Edited by: Bill Henry
Music by: Milton DeLugg
Production company: Jalor Productions
Distributed by: Embassy Pictures
Release date: November 14, 1964
Running time: 81 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Budget: $200,000 (estimated)

Santa Claus Conquers the Martians is a 1964 American Christmas science fiction comedy film. It was directed by Nicholas Webster, produced and written by Paul L. Jacobson, and based on a story by Glenville Mareth. John Call stars as Santa Claus, ten-year-old Pia Zadora as Girmar the Martian girl, and Doris Rich in the first documented motion picture role of Mrs. Claus.

Santa Claus Conquers the Martians regularly appears on lists of the worst films ever made and in the "bottom 100" list on IMDb. It is featured in series episodes of Canned Film Festival in 1986, Mystery Science Theater 3000 in 1991, and Elvira's Movie Macabre.

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The Cast of “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians” – Where Are They Now?



Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (SCCtM) is generally considered one of the worst movies ever made, but some people consider it a “cult classic,” and they would no more consider their holiday season complete without rewatching it than they would a December without A Charlie Brown Christmas. Made in 1964, the same year as Rankin-Bass premiered Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, the movie is famous for three things: being one of the worst SF movies in Hollywood history, being one of the worst holiday movies ever made, and launching Pia Zadora’s career.


The budget for Santa Claus Conquers the Martians was so low that while the film was in full color, there wasn’t enough money for the poster to be.

The Martians are worried about their children, who neither study nor play, and only watch Earth television all day. To cure this problem, they decide to kidnap Santa Claus and bring him to Mars. Unable to distinguish between all the department store Santas, they first abduct two Earthling children to help them find the real Santa Claus. Like all Earthling children, Betty and Billy know that the only place to find the real Santa Claus is at the North Pole.

This movie marked singer/actress Pia Zadora’s Hollywood debut. Despite her rocky career as an actress, ending with an appearance in Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult as herself, she was one of the lucky ones. For most of her castmates, the film seems to have been the final nail in the coffin of their acting careers.

Santa Claus Conquers the Martians bears the strange distinction of being the first Christmas movie ever to show Mrs. Claus as an on-screen character. However, Doris Rich, who played Mrs. Claus, blazed a path for Angela Lansbury, Betty White, and Robie Lester, only had one acting role after SCCtM: Mrs. Blue in the TV show Hawk. ... John Call played her husband, Santa Claus himself. Though he had a 30 year career on Broadway spanning 19 productions, he was in only one movie after SCCtM, The Anderson Tapes, starring Sean Connery Call passed away in 1973.

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Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964) 4K | Full Movie | Christmas Classic | Uncut 81 Min Version

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Hooray for Santa Claus! This 1960's sci-fi Christmas crossover picture is pure camp. It's a Mystery Science Theater 3000 classic and is usually included on the worst films of all time lists. That means it's doing something right. And since when has that ever stopped a Christmas movie?

Because this picture was in the public domain for so long, there were all kinds of horrible quality versions of it and cut down versions. This is the full, uncut 81 minute version. So you get to see every minute of Kimar and Voldar and Dropo's adventure with Santa.

The Grindhouse Institute is a film history podcast that specializes in programming a double or triple feature movie night. However, on Free Film Fridays, we like posting high quality versions of movies in the public domain that you can watch without ads or pop ups or any other interruptions. Just a reliable place to be able to watch some films that are free and available to the public.

Directed by Nicholas Webster
Screenplay by Paul L. Jacobson
Story by Glenville Mareth
Produced by Paul L. Jacobson
Cinematography David L. Quaid
Edited by Bill Henry
Music by Milton DeLugg

Cast
John Call as Santa Claus
Leonard Hicks as Kimar
Vincent Beck as Voldar
Bill McCutcheon as Dropo
Victor Stiles as Billy Foster
Donna Conforti as Betty Foster
Chris Month as Bomar
Pia Zadora as Girmar
Leila Martin as Momar
Charles Renn as Hargo
James Cahill as Rigna
Ned Wertimer as Andy Anderson
Doris Rich as Mrs. Claus
Carl Don as Chochem / Von Green
Ivor Bodin as Winky
Al Nesor as Stobo
Don Blair as the announcer