The Land Unknown (1957)

The Land Unknown (1957)

The Land Unknown (1957) movie Poster

Year: 1957

IMDb Rating: 5.7/10

Genres: Sci-Fi, Adventure, Fantasy

Directors: Virgil W. Vogel

Cast: Shirley Patterson, William Reynolds, Jock Mahoney, Jock MahoneyShirley Patterson Henry Brandon

On a naval expedition to Antarctica, three men and reporter Maggie Hathaway crash-land in a crater 1000 m below sea level. There, they encounter steamy tropical forest, dinosaurs, carnivorous plants, and human footprints, as Maggie's clothes become more and more abbreviated.

The Land Unknown is a 1957 American science fiction CinemaScope adventure film about a naval expedition trapped in an Antarctic jungle. The story was allegedly inspired by the discovery of unusually warm water in Antarctica in 1947. It stars Jock Mahoney and Shirley Patterson and was directed by Virgil W. Vogel. The film's low-budget special effects include men in dinosaur suits, puppets and monitor lizards standing in for dinosaurs.

Three men and a woman crash-land in a deep crater in Antarctica, where they find a prehistoric world.


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