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In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

There's always a way to pull a buck out of the movie going public, and for those young boys who hadn't been around when the original Buck Rogers had come out, getting to see it probably on a Saturday afternoon was a thrill, especially if they went with their father who had seen each of the chapter plays as a kid. I have never seen the full serial and really don't have the time amongst my movie research to see all four hours of it, so this greatly edited version of it will do just fine. For a serial made more than 75 years ago, it holds up very well, with Buster Crabbe handsome and heroic as Buck. A survivor of a trapped dirigible, he wakes up from being frozen centuries later, he must catch up on modern (or futuristic) technology and shows he's got what it takes to remain a hero many moons later.I'd like to think that young people today could enjoy this for its imagination, but they have been greatly spoiled by the noisy sound effects and computer generated animation of today. Constance Moore is a fine female lead with Jackie Moran as Crabbe's equally heroic sidekick and Anthony Warde a wonderfully nefarious villain. A lot of the back story seems to be missing, as is Manu of the thrills of the original, but the choice bits have remained, making this simple and to the point.

OK, this one often is listed as being from 1953, but this is not exactly correct- it is an edited version of the 1939 serial.Keeping this in mind, it still seems a bit dated by 1939 standards (the costumes, and the (in)famous electric razor sounds emanating from the rocket-ships). On the plus side, we see that the original 1939 audience got exposed to television, lasers,interplanetary spaceflight, and robots. Re-releasing this in edited form in 1953 could have been part of forming the space pioneer mind-set among American youth that eventually propelled the US to the Moon in 1969, so we can thank Buck Rogers for some of the inspiration. The pace is good, the action keeps coming, but the plot and directorial execution is very simple. This was made primarily for children and early teens, so things never get too complex here. Not really the best of the Buck Rogers material that's out there. This is mainly for die-hard fans of the principal character and fans of Buster Crabbe.

Have watched many times and also the serial it came from... Love the old science fiction movies... Especially in black and white... Yet I wonder if any one has really watched this oldie... Every time I have seen it, one thing keeps bugging me about the character of Buck Rogers... Here on the IMDb site for "Planet Outlaws" the military rank of Buck is Colonel... Yet every single time I have seen this movie I distinctly hear Buck Rogers being referred to as Lieutenant ( excuse the spelling )... Not once in the movie have I ever heard Buck being referred to as Colonel Buck Rogers... Probably not the best review posted to this site but it is my first and thought I would put this to you all... I give it 5 out of 10... cheers

After a 1938 airship mishap, our handsome hero and his young pal are buried in an avalanche; but, they employ an experimental gas to put themselves safely in suspended animation. "When Buck Rogers (Buster Crabbe) and his sidekick Buddy (Jackie Moran) are aroused from centuries of cryogenic sleep, they are enlisted by Wilma Deering (Constance Moore) to save the world from the grasp of a tyrannical gangster named 'Killer Kane'. They travel to the planet Saturn to get some much needed help for their assignment, and then set out to deal with Kane and his villainous cohorts," according to the DVD sleeve's synopsis.This re-produced feature-length version of the fondly remembered 12-part serial "Buck Rogers" (1939) must have held up well for 1950s Saturday matinée and television audiences, due to its futuristic plot and imaginatively recycled sets. Apparently, the original chapters were edited down, with (brief) new work done on the opening and closing segments. "The planet Saturn" isn't as peculiar a setting as it might seem, if you consider they may be referring to "Saturn's planet Titan." No comment on the suggestion the place is populated with helpful Asians. The end brings Buck Rogers into the then popular anti-Communist fold.**** Planet Outlaws (1953) Ford Beebe ~ Buster Crabbe, Jackie Moran, Constance Moore, Anthony Warde