The Land Unknown
1957
BEHIND A BARRIER OF ANTARCTIC ICE... A PARADISE OF HIDDEN TERRORS!
Directed by Virgil W. Vogel
User Rating
Intensity
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.
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- Director
- Virgil W. Vogel
- Written by
- László Görög, Charles Palmer
- Produced by
- William Alland
- Composers
- Hans J. Salter, Heinz Roemheld, Henry Mancini, Herman Stein
- Cinematographer
- Ellis W. Carter
- Editor
- Fred MacDowell
- Origin country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 18m
- Language
- en
- TMDB
- 5.7/10 (47 votes)
- IMDb
- 5.7/10 (2,092 votes)
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)
Tom Coleman
Man at Briefing (uncredited)
Crew
Virgil W. Vogel
Director
László Görög
Screenplay
Charles Palmer
Story
William N. Robson
Adaptation
William Alland
Producer
Hans J. Salter
Original Music Composer
Heinz Roemheld
Original Music Composer
Henry Mancini
Original Music Composer
Herman Stein
Original Music Composer
Ellis W. Carter
Director of Photography
Fred MacDowell
Editor
