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Lost Continent
Lost Continent
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
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 was screened as the first episode of Cauldron of Horror on July 23rd, 1954.
  • 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.
  • 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 </ref> missing for <ref> tag

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References[]

  1. Original print information: 'Lost Continent' (1951)." Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved: February 3, 2015.
  2. IMDB; Lost Continent (1951); Filming & Production.
  3. IMDB; Mystery Science Theater 3000; "Lost Continent", (Nov. 24, 1990).

Keywords[]

Aircraft | Brontosaurus | Dinosaurs | Island | Jungle | Rocket | Tyrannosaurus | United States Air Force | Volcanoes

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