Just Imagine
New York, 1980: airplanes have replaced cars, numbers have replaced names, pills have replaced food, government-arranged marriages have replaced love, and test tube babies have replaced ... well, you get the idea. Scientists revive a man struck by lightning in 1930; he is rechristened "Single O". He is befriended by J-21, who can't marry the girl of his dreams because he isn't "distinguished" enough -- until he is chosen for a 4-month expedition to Mars by a renegade scientist. The Mars J-21, his friend, and stowaway Single O visit is full of scantily clad women doing Busby Berkeley-style dance numbers and worshiping a fat middle-aged man.
Cast
El Brendel
as Single O
Maureen O'Sullivan
as LN-18
John Garrick
as J-21
Marjorie White
as D-6
Frank Albertson
as RT-42
Hobart Bosworth
as Z-4
Mischa Auer
as B-36
George Irving
as Head of Marriage Tribunal (uncredited)
Joyzelle Joyner
as Loo Loo / Boo Boo
Kenneth Thomson
as MT-3
Reviews
CinemaSerf
Yikes, but this is a mess of a film! It starts with some archive of a very peaceful New York in 1880 before advancing us fifty years to a city of hustle and bustle; motor cars and electricity. This is where a poor soul is victim to that latter invention - whilst playing golf - and resuscitated with ...
