The Land Unknown

5.7 / 10

(43 votes)

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.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Adventure,

Fantasy,

Science Fiction

Duration:

78 minutes

Year:

1957

Director:

Virgil W. Vogel

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Company:

Universal International Pictures

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

Crew:
Virgil W. Vogel

Director

William N. Robson

Adaptation

László Görög

Screenplay

Hans J. Salter

Original Music Composer

Fred MacDowell

Editor