Unknown World (1951)

Directed by

Terry O. Morse

Genre

science fiction film, disaster film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 14m

Rated

NR

Rating

4.4 of 10 from 34 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of scientists travel deep underground to find a place for humans to survive if nuclear war destroys the Earth's surface. They face obstacles and discover unknown environments in their search.

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What happens

Unknown World (a.k.a. Night Without Stars) is a 1951 independently made American black-and-white science fiction adventure film directed by Terrell O. Morse and starring Bruce Kellogg, Marilyn Nash, Jim Bannon and Otto Waldis. Distributed by Lippert Pictures, it was produced by Irving A. Block and Jack Rabin. The film concerns a scientific expedition seeking livable space deep beneath the Earth's surface in the event that a nuclear war makes living above ground impossible. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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