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Mexican film 'Santo vs. the Martian Invasion' released

Name: Mexican film 'Santo vs. the Martian Invasion' released
Start: 1967
Location: Mexico City, Mexico

When: 1967
Where: Mexico City, Mexico
Sources: 2 public sources

Alfredo B. Crevenna's film Santo el Enmascarado de Plata vs la Invasion de los Marcianos pits the masked wrestler Santo against Martians who land in Mexico and demand that humanity give up nuclear weapons. It was one of many Mexican lucha libre films with science-fiction plots.

Sources

OtherSanto the Silver Mask vs The Martian Invasion (opens in a new tab)The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
OtherSanto vs the Martians (1967) (opens in a new tab)Moria

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