USA, 1951
74m
35mm film, black and white, 1.37:1
mono, English
An American science fiction film directed by Terrell O. Morse.
Plot Summary
Convinced that nuclear war is inevitable, a scientist leads an expedition aboard his nuclear-powered boring machine the “cyclotram”, to an underground world where he believes survivors could start a new world.
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Directed by: Terrell O. Morse
Copyright MCMLI [1951] by J.R. Rabin [real name: Jack Rabin] and I.A. Block [real name: Irving Block]
Lippert Pictures, Inc. presents. Released by Lippert Pictures, Inc.
Produced by: [real name: Jack Rabin], I.A. Block [real name: Irving Block]
Production Supervisor: Glenn Cook
Original Screenplay by: Millard Kaufman
Photography by: Allen G. Siegler and Henry Freulich
Operating Cameraman: Lester Shorr
Film Editor: Terrell O. Morse
Music Composed and Conducted by: Ernest Gold
[Sound] Engineer: Harvey Henry
Sound Effects Editor: Marshall Pollock
RCA Sound System
Wardrobe: Mickey Meyers
Makeup Artist: Kiva Hoffman
Mechanical Effects: Willis Cook
Special Photographic Effects: I.A. Block [real name: Irving Block], J.R. Rabin [real name: Jack Rabin]
Associate: M. von Mulldorfer [real name: Menrad von Mulldorfer]
Production Design: I.A. Block [real name: Irving Block], J.R. Rabin [real name: Jack Rabin]
Associate: M. von Mulldorfer [real name: Menrad von Mulldorfer]
Set Decoration: Glenn Thompson
Studio: Samuel Goldwyn/Warner Hollywood Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA *
Portions of this film were photographed at Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Carlsbad, New Mexico, with the courtesy and cooperation of the National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior
Cast
Bruce Kellogg (Wright Thompson)
Otto Waldis (Dr Max A. Bauer)
Jim Bannon (Andy Ostergaard)
Tom Handley (Dr James Paxton)
Dick Cogan (Dr George Coleman)
George Baxter (Carlisle Foundation chairman)
Marilyn Nash (Dr Joan Lindsey)
Alternative Titles
Night Without Stars – working title
To the Center of the Earth
References
Books
- Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Science Fiction by Phil Hardy (ed) pp.132-133
- Fright Night on Channel 9 by James Arena p.113
- Jules Verne on Film by Thomas C. Renzi p.98
- Nuclear Movies: A Filmography by Mick Broderick p.42
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.514 – credits
