UK, 1974
86m
35mm film, Technicolor
mono, English
A British fantasy film directed by Kevin Connor.
Plot Summary
During World War I, a German U-boat attacks and sinks a British ship and the survivors taken aboard the submarine. They manage to capture the vessel, but they are soon lost and find themselves on the lost island of Caprona, where dinosaurs still live and a tribe of cavemen fight for survival.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Kevin Connor
© Copyright MCMLXXIV [1974] by Amicus Productions Ltd.
Amicus Productions presents a Max J. Rosenberg and Milton Subotsky production. A film from Lion International
Executive Producer: Robert H. Greenberg
Produced by: John Dark
Associate Producer: John Peverall
Screenplay by : James Cawthorn and Michael Moorcock
Based Upon the Novel by: Edgar Rice Burroughs
Director of Photography: Alan Hume
Editor: John Ireland
Music Composed and Conducted by: Douglas Gamley
Sound Mixer: George Stephenson
Costume Designer: Julie Harris
Chief Make Up: Tom Smith
Hairdresser: Joan Carpenter
Special Effects Supervisor: Derek Meddings
Dinosaur Sequences: Roger Dicken
Process Photography: Charles Staffel
Production Designer: Maurice Carter
Cast
Doug McClure (Bowen Tyler)
John McEnery (Captain Von Schoenvorts)
Susan Penhaligon (Lisa Clayton)
Keith Barron (Bradley)
Anthony Ainley (Dietz)
Declan Mulholland (Olson)
Godfrey James (Borg)
Roy Holder (Plesser)
Ben Howard (Benson)
Brian Hall (Schwartz)
Andrew McCulloch (Sinclair)
Colin Farrell (Whiteley)
Grahame Mallard (Deusett)
Bobby Parr (Ahm)
Ron Pember (Jones)
Andrew Lodge (Reuther)
Stanley McGeagh (Hiller)
Peter Sproule (Hindle)
Steve James (first Sto-Lu)
Alternative Titles
Caprona – Das vergessene Land – Germany
Det djävulska landet – Sweden
Kraina o której zapomnial czas – Poland
Maa jonka aika unohti – Finland
Le Sixième continent – France
La terra dimenticata dal tempo – Italy
La tierra olvidada por el tiempo – Spain
Links
Sequel
The People That Time Forgot (1977)
Extracts included in
Screen Test: 17 May 1979
See also
At the Earth’s Core (1976)
Warlords of Atlantis (1978)
References
Periodicals
- CinemaTV Today no.10075 (23 March 1974) p.10 – credits, review
- CinemaTV Today no.10121 (15 February 1975) p.13 – review
- Empire no.190 (April 2005) p.167 – illustrated DVD review (RWD: The Doug McClure Fantasy Adventure Triple Bill by Will Lawrence)
- Empire no.203 (May 2006) pp.124-128 – illustrated article (Attack of the killer B’s!)
- Film Score Monthly vol.9 no.8 (September 2004) p.46 – DVD review (Laserphile: Frightfully good by Andy Dursin)
- Films and Filming vol.21 no.8 (May 1975) p.42 – review
- Films Illustrated vol.3 no.34 (June 1974) pp.389-390 – article
- Films Illustrated vol.4 no.43 (March 1975) p.244 – review
- The Hollywood Reporter vol.235 no.42 (2 April 1975) p.12 – review
- The House of Hammer vol.1 no.2 (1976) p.16 – note (Film scene news)
- Interzone no.241 (July/August 2012) p.63 – review (by Tony Lee)
- Monthly Film Bulletin vol.no.493 (February 1975) p.34 – review
- Photon no.25 (1974) pp.41-43 – illustrated production notes, review (by Paul Jensen)
- Variety 9 April 1975 p.20 – review
- Video Today December 1983 p.41 – review
Books
- American International Pictures: A Comprehensive Filmography by Rob Craig p.227
- American International Pictures: A Filmography by Robert L. Ottoson p.273 – credits, synopsis, review
- Beasts and Behemoths: Prehistoric Creatures in the Movies by Roy Kinnard pp.144-146
- Faster and Furiouser: The Revised and Fattened Fable of American International Pictures by Mark Thomas McGee pp.292; 315
- Film Review 1975-76 by F. Maurice Speed (ed) p.172
- Horror and Science Fiction Films II by Donald C. Willis p.219
- Island of Terror: A Book of 60 Great* British SF and Fantasy Movies from 1936-1984 *And not so Great by Keith Topping pp.475-482
- Rock ‘n’ Roll Monsters: The American International Story by Bruce G. Hallenbeck p.294
- Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Film Sequels, Series, and Remakes by Kim R. Holston and Tom Winchester pp.309-310
- Uneasy Dreams: The Golden Age of British Horror Films, 1956-1976 by Gary A. Smith pp.140-142
- Variety Science-Fiction Movies by Julian Brown (ed.) p.65 – credits, review
- The World of Fantasy Films by Richard Myers p.91
