The Land Unknown
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“BEHIND A BARRIER OF ANTARCTIC ICE... A PARADISE OF HIDDEN TERRORS!”
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.
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Cast
10 people
Jock Mahoney
Commander Harold 'Alan' Roberts
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Shirley Patterson
Margaret 'Maggie' Hathaway
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William Reynolds
Lt. Jack Carmen
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Henry Brandon
Dr. Carl Hunter
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Douglas Kennedy
Capt. Burnham
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Phil Harvey
Machinist's Mate Steve Miller
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Kenner G. Kemp
Officer at Briefing / Officer on Ship (uncredited)
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Bing Russell
Radio Operator (uncredited)
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Bert Stevens
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Tom Coleman
Man at Briefing (uncredited)
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Virgil W. Vogel Director · László Görög Screenplay Charles Palmer Story
United States release October 15, 1957 · Produced in United States · Production Universal Pictures
Production
Universal International Pictures
Production
Universal Pictures
Studio
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Germany · October 15, 1957
Theatrical
United States · October 15, 1957
Theatrical
United States
October 30, 1957 · Theatrical
France
May 20, 2012 · Physical · DVD
April 11, 2023 · Physical · Blu-Ray
Italy
July 4, 2012 · Physical · DVD
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