Beyond the Time Barrier (1960)
- Directed by
- Edgar G. Ulmer
- Genre
- science fiction film, dystopian film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 46 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A test pilot flies past a time barrier and finds a future city ruled by a deaf and mute tyrant. He tries to help the people there escape their doomed society.
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What happens
Beyond the Time Barrier is a 1960 American science fiction film. It starred Robert Clarke (who also served as producer) and Vladimir Sokoloff, and was directed by Edgar G. Ulmer. Ulmer's wife Shirley acted as a script editor while their daughter Arianne Arden appeared in the film as a Russian pilot. It was one of two low budget sci-fi films shot back-to-back in Dallas, Texas by Ulmer (the other being The Amazing Transparent Man, released in February 1960). The combined filming schedule for both films was only two weeks. It was released on September 8, 1960 on a double bill with The Angry Red Planet (1960). In some areas, it was also shown together with The Amazing Transparent Man (1960). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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