USA, 1956
78m, 6958 ft/2121 metres
35mm film, “a CinemaScope production”, black and white, 2.35:1
mono, English
An American science fiction film directed by Virgil W. Vogel.
Plot Summary
A US naval expedition to Antarctica uncovers a prehistoric lost world in a volcanic crater.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Virgil Vogel
© MCMLVII [1957] by Universal Pictures Company, Inc.
Universal-International presents
Produced by: William Alland
Screenplay by: Laszlo Gorog
Adaptation by: William N. Robson
Story by: Charles Palmer
Director of Photography: Ellis W. Carter
Film Editor: Fred MacDowell
Music Supervision by: Joseph Gershenson
Sound: Leslie I. Carey, Corson Jowett
Wardrobe: Nevada Penn *, Seth Banks *
Make-up: Bud Westmore; Irving Berns *
Special Effects Created by: Fred Knoth, Orien Ernest, Jack Kevan
Special Photography: Clifford Stine, Ray Binger|R.O. Binger
Art Directors: Alexander Golitzen, Richard H. Riedel
Locations: Universal Studios, Universal City, California, USA
Cast
Jock Mahoney (Commander Harold Roberts)1Mahoney’s character is credits as “Commander Harold Roberts” in the credits but is referred to throughout the film as “Commander Alan Roberts”]
Shawn Smith [real name: Shirley Patterson] (Margaret Hathaway)
William Reynolds (Lieutenant Jack Carmen)
Henry Brandon ([Dr Carl] Hunter)
Douglas R. Kennedy (Captain Burnham)
Phil Harvey (Steve Miller)
Alternative Titles
Etelämantereen salaisuus – Finland
Der Flug zur Hölle – West Germany
Försvunna i okänd värld – Sweden
Oasis de la terreur – Belgium (French)
L’oasis des tempêtes – France
Prigionieri dell’Antartide – Italy
O tromos tis lefkis koilados – Greece
Links
Extracts included in
100 Years of Horror: Dinosaurs (1996)
References
Periodicals
- Box Office 6 July 1957 – note
- The Daily Cinema no.7978 (14 March 1958)p.4 – review
- Daily Variety 18 June 1957 p.4 – review
- Fangoria no.135 (August 1994) p.33 – illustrated video review (The Video Eye of Dr. Cyclops)
- The Film Daily vol.111 no.118 (19 June 1957) p.6 – review
- The Hollywood Reporter 28 August 1956 p.2 – credits
- The Hollywood Reporter 13 September 1956 p.8 – note
- The Hollywood Reporter 28 September 1956 pp.2, 8 – note
- The Hollywood Reporter 11 October 1956 p.3 – note
- The Hollywood Reporter 2 November 1956 p.10 – note
- The Hollywood Reporter 18 June 1957 p.3 – note
- Kine Weekly no.2640 (20 March 1958) p.23 – review
- Monthly Film Bulletin vol.25 no.292 (May 1958) p.62 – credits, synopsis, review
- Motion Picture Herald Product Digest vol.207 no.12 (22 June 1957) p.426 – review
- Starlog no.219 (October 1995) pp.57-64 – illustrated interview with William Alland (The producer from lands unknown: Part three by Tom Weaver)
- Variety 19 June 1957 p.7 – credits, review
- Videoscope no.110 (Spring 2019) p.34 – illustrated review (The Phantom’s ’50s fearfests)
Books
- The Dinosaur Filmography by Mark F. Berry pp. 214-220 – credits, production notes, review
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.252 – credits
