The Land Unknown (1957)

Directed by

Virgil W. Vogel

Genre

fantasy film, monster film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 18m

Rated

12

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 47 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A naval expedition gets stranded in an Antarctic jungle. They encounter dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures while trying to survive and find a way out.

adventurousretrocheesylow-budgetnostalgicquirkycampy

What happens

The Land Unknown is a 1957 American science fiction CinemaScope adventure film about a naval expedition trapped in an Antarctic jungle. The story was allegedly inspired by the discovery of unusually warm water in Antarctica in 1947. It stars Jock Mahoney and Shirley Patterson and was directed by Virgil W. Vogel. The film's low-budget special effects include men in dinosaur suits, puppets and monitor lizards standing in for dinosaurs. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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