The Land Unknown

Name: The Land Unknown
Director: Virgil W. Vogel
Released: 1957
Duration: 78 min
Rating: 5.7
Cast: Jock Mahoney, Shirley Patterson, William Reynolds, Henry Brandon, Douglas Kennedy

1957 · 78 MIN · IMDB 5.7 · 2,116 VOTES · DIR. Virgil W. Vogel

Overview

Navy Commander Alan Roberts is assigned to lead an expedition to Little America in Antarctica to investigate reports of a mysterious warm water inland lake discovered a decade earlier. His helicopter and its small party, including reporter Maggie Hathaway, is forced down into a volcanic crater by a fierce storm. They find themselves trapped in a lush tropical environment that has survived from prehistoric times.

Dialogue Timeline — 626 lines

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00:01:20 Your goal, gentlemen, Antarctica.

00:02:59 Margaret Hathaway, Oceanic Press.

00:04:09 I'm sure he'll cool off as soon as he hits sub-zero weather.

00:05:40 and land in Little America.

00:07:46 with a few pinches of salt, metals thrown in

00:09:47 your chances for survival are limited?

00:12:55 Well, now I believe it, but there's still the big question.

00:14:52 Over there. That's what I've been looking for.

00:17:46 We're breaking through!

00:20:59 It's volcanic activity, all right.

00:23:29 We might as well make ourselves comfortable.

00:26:16 See that tree?

00:29:19 Whoops.

00:35:30 Alan, no lectures now, please.

00:37:43 Well, how do you do?

00:40:06 No, not a trace.

00:43:46 One of the beasts did it for me.

00:45:42 You'll be crawling on your belly like the rest of the beasts

00:47:22 I'm giving you a way out of here, the only way out.

00:51:37 Three lives for one, Alan.

01:00:08 Get back! Get back!

01:03:24 If it's true that you can't live among beasts without becoming one

01:13:17 Oh, look!

01:17:35 Why, by this time next year...

Cast & Characters

Jock Mahoney Commander Alan Roberts Shirley Patterson Margaret Hathaway William Reynolds Lt. Jack Carmen Henry Brandon Dr. Carl Hunter Douglas Kennedy Capt. Burnham Phil Harvey Steve Miller Ralph Brooks Man at Briefing George Calliga Man at Briefing Tom Coleman Man at Briefing Kenner G. Kemp Officer at Briefing Kenner G. Kemp Officer on Ship

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed626

Dialogue density8.0 lines / min

First line00:01:20

Final line01:17:35

Production Record

DirectorVirgil W. Vogel

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes2,116