Mysterious Island (1951)
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252 min
It is 1865 and Union prisoners use a military balloon to escape a Southern prison camp near the end of the Civil War. The balloon drifts for days and finally lands on a mysterious volcanic island with very unusual inhabitants. Also landing, in a better aircraft, is Rulu, a visitor from Mercury. She seeks a radio-active material that will enable her to manufacture an explosive that will destroy the world or, at least, the portion known as Earth in this 15 Chapter Serial from the 1950s.
- Release date
- September 13, 1951
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Richard Crane as Harding
- Marshall Reed as Pencroft
- Karen Randle as Rulu
- Ralph Hodges as Bert
- Gene Roth as Shard
- Hugh Prosser as Gideon
- Leonard Penn as Nemo
- Terry Frost as Ayrton
- Rusty Wescoatt as Moley
- Bernie Hamilton as Neb
Crew
- Spencer Gordon Bennet · Director
- Lewis Clay · Writer
- Royal K. Cole · Writer
- George H. Plympton · Writer
- Jules Verne · Writer
- Sam Katzman · Producer
- Fayte M. Browne · Cinematographer
- Earl Turner · Editor