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Credits | |
Title: | Lost Continent |
Director: | Samuel Newfield |
Writers: | Richard H. Landau; Carroll Young |
Producers: | Robert L. Lippert; Sigmund Neufeld; Jack Leewood |
Composer: | Paul Dunlap |
Cinematography: | Jack Greenhalgh |
Editors: | Philip Cahn |
Production | |
Production company: | Tom Productions, Inc. |
Released: | August 17th, 1951 |
Running time: | 83 min. |
Country: | USA |
Language: | English |
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Lost Continent is an American feature film of the adventure and fantasy genres. It was directed by Samuel Newfield with a screenplay written by Richard H. Landau based on a story treatment by Carroll Young. It was produced by Tom Productions, Inc. and released theatrically in the United States on August 17th, 1951.
Cast[]
Actor | Role |
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Cesar Romero | Major Joe Nolan |
Hillary Brooke | Marla Stevens |
Chick Chandler | Lieutenant Danny Wilson |
John Hoyt | Michael Rostov |
Acquanetta | Native girl |
Sid Melton | Sergeant Willie Tatlow |
Whit Bissell | Stanley Briggs |
Hugh Beaumont | Robert Phillips |
Murray Alper | Air Police sergeant |
William Gren | Simmons |
Notes & Trivia[]
- The tagline for this film is "SEE! Daring climb to a strange prehistoric world! SEE! Violent upheaval of a prehistoric earthquake! SEE! Breath-taking escape as an entire island explodes!"
- There are ten credited cast members in this film.
- Production on Lost Continent began on April 13th, 1951. The entire film was shot in just eleven days. [1]
- This movie was filmed on the Universal Studios back-lot in Universal City, California. [2] Other scenes were shot at Goldwyn Studios.
- This movie recycles footage originally presented in the 1951 film Rocketship X-M by director Kurt Neumann.
- Lost Continent was released on Region 1 DVD by Image Entertainment in 2001. It was released again in 2010 by Shout! Factory.
- Sigmund Neufeld Productions is credited as Tom Productions, Inc. in this film.
- Director Sam Newfield is credited as Samuel Newfield in this film.
- Actor William E. Green is credited as William Gren in this film.
- This movie was lampooned in episode 3x08 of Mystery Science Theater 3000 in November, 1990. It is the featured film of the episode. [3] The character of Crow T. Robot offered his opinion of director Sam Newfield by saying, "Director Newfeld, known nazi spy, cocaine fiend, and pyromaniac, used to amuse the cast and crew by doing terrible things to his dog with a fork." Cite error: Closing
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- Dinosaur scenes from this episode were presented in the "It's a Good Life" episode of The Twilight Zone in 1961. The character of Anthony Fremont (Bill Mumy) is seen watching the film on TV.
- Actor Cesar Romero will go on to play the infamous role of the Joker in the live-action Batman television series on ABC from 1966 to 1968.
- Director Joe Dante paid homage to director Sam Newfield by naming a character after him in his 1981 werewolf horror film The Howling. The role was played by actor Slim Pickens.
Recommendations[]
External Links[]
- Lost Continent at IMDB
- Lost Continent at Trakt TV
- Lost Continent at Wikipedia
- Lost Continent at Themoviedb.org
- Lost Continent at the Movie Database
References[]
- ↑ Original print information: 'Lost Continent' (1951)." Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved: February 3, 2015.
- ↑ IMDB; Lost Continent (1951); Filming & Production.
- ↑ IMDB; Mystery Science Theater 3000; "Lost Continent", (Nov. 24, 1990).
Keywords[]
Aircraft | Brontosaurus | Dinosaurs | Island | Jungle | Rocket | Tyrannosaurus | United States Air Force | Volcanoes