The Land Unknown (1957)

78 min · Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, fantasy film, monster film

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Directors

Virgil W. Vogel

Cast

Jock Mahoney, Shirley Patterson, William Reynolds, Henry Brandon, Douglas Kennedy, Phil Harvey, Bert Stevens, Bing Russell, Ralph Brooks, Kenner G. Kemp

The story

Commander Harold Roberts is leading an expedition into Antarctica for the United States Navy to study waters which are unexpectedly warm for a place so close to the South Pole. The other expedition members are helicopter pilot Lt. Jack Carmen, machinist Steve Miller, and reporter Maggie Hathaway.

Catalogue themes and tags

Adventure, Aggression By Animal, Antarktis, Attack by monsters, Dinosaurier, Emergency Landing, Helicopter Crash, Helicopter Pilot, Hermit, Hubschrauber, Lost, Monsters, T-Rex, Urwald, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Black-and-white

Genres

Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, fantasy film, monster film

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