Unknown Island (1948)

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Adventure-seeker Ted Osborne has convinced his finacee Carole to finance his expedition to an uncharted South Pacific island supposedly populated with dinosaurs. Piloting their ship is Captain Tarnowski, a ruthless alcoholic suffering from malaria- induced bouts of insanity. When they arrive at the island, they discover that the stories they have heard are all true. Will they survive to tell anyone what they've found? Movie Tagline: It's out of this world ! ! Title: Unknown Island Release Date: October 15, 1948 Runtime: 75 mins Genre: Adventure All Genres: Adventure, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi Languages: English Country: USA Colors: Color Sound: Mono IMDB Rating: 4.7 Brimstone Pit Rating: 5.7 - (Rate This Horror Movie) Category: Horror Movies Starting With U MPAA Rating: (Banned) Director(s): Jack Bernhard Cast: Virginia Grey ...Carole Lane Phillip Reed ...Ted Osborne Richard Denning ...John Fairbanks Barton MacLane ...Capt. Tarnowski Dick Wessel ...Sanderson, 1st Mate (as Richard Wessel) Dan White ...Crewman Edwards (as Daniel White) Phil Nazir ...Crewman Golab (as Philip Nazir) Ray Corrigan ...Monster 'Snub' Pollard ...'Dive' Patron Pointing Out Tarnowski Harry Wilson ...Barfly Remaining Cast: Producer(s): Albert J. Cohen Writer(s): Robert T. Shannon Robert T. Shannon Jack Harvey Composer(s): Raoul Kraushaar More Movie Taglines: It's out of this world ! ! It's out of this world from the world of 60,000,000 years ago! So spectacular it took one year to produce! See man's first attempt to destroy monstrous beasts! See pre-historic denizens that defy the imagination! Movie Trivia: The two-legged dinosaurs (ceratosaurs) were rubber suits worn by actors in the desert of Palmdale, Ca. When the explorers shoot grenades at them, one of the beasts falls down, apparently dead. The actor inside the suit actually fainted from the extreme heat, and the director decided to use the footage. All the footage of the principal actors was shot on sound stages at General Service Studios (now Hollywood Center Studios). Only the second unit filming dinosaurs and sloth in Palmdale, Corriganville, and the beach, were on location. All shots of the principals and monsters in the same shot were achieved with rear projection effects. IMDB Links: » User Comments at imdb.com » More information at imdb.com Keywords: Dinosaur, Lost World, Man Eating Monster, White Haired Gorilla, White Ape  ...[more] Keywords All: Giant Sloth, Live Dinosaur, Tyrannosaurus Seen it? Rate it Currently 5.70/10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rating: 5.7 out of 10.0 - 66 votes cast total buy movie on dvd del.icio.us  |  digg  |  reddit Enter your zipcode for movie listings: » BACK TO HORROR MOVIES LIST