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The Land Unknown (1957)
Directed by Virgil W. Vogel
“BEHIND A BARRIER OF ANTARCTIC ICE... A PARADISE OF HIDDEN TERRORS!”
Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction · 1h 18m
Navy Commander Alan Roberts is assigned to lead an expedition to Little America in Antarctica to investigate reports of a mysterious warm water inland lake discovered a decade earlier. His helicopter and its small party, including reporter Maggie Hathaway, is forced down into a volcanic crater by a fierce storm. They find themselves trapped in a lush tropical environment that has survived from prehistoric times.
Cast
Jock Mahoney
Commander Harold 'Alan' Roberts
Shirley Patterson
Margaret 'Maggie' Hathaway
William Reynolds
Lt. Jack Carmen
Henry Brandon
Dr. Carl Hunter
Douglas Kennedy
Capt. Burnham
Phil Harvey
Machinist's Mate Steve Miller
Kenner G. Kemp
Officer at Briefing / Officer on Ship (uncredited)
Bing Russell
Radio Operator (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
Officer at Briefing (uncredited)
T
Tom Coleman
Man at Briefing (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Virgil W. Vogel
- Screenplay
- László Görög
- Director of Photography
- Ellis W. Carter
- Original Music Composer
- Henry Mancini, Herman Stein, Heinz Roemheld, Hans J. Salter
- Editor
- Fred MacDowell
- Producer
- William Alland
Details
- Release date
- 1957-10-15
- Runtime
- 1h 18m
- Genres
- Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Universal International Pictures