Men with Steel Faces (1940)

Director
Otto Brower; B. Reeves Eason

Main cast
Gene Autry; Frankie Darro; Betsy King Ross; Dorothy Christy; Wheeler Oakman

Genres
Western, Sci-Fi, Adventure, Action

Description
Re-edited feature version of serial The Phantom Empire (1935). Singer Gene Autry discovers a race of advanced humans living beneath the earth.


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