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Mysterious Island (1951) | Slate

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Rated 6.6 on TMDB

Mysterious Island

SEE Sensational Inter-Space Serial Thrills...as Mercury Space Ship Invades...

It is 1865 and Union prisoners use a military balloon to escape a Southern prison camp near the end of the Civil War. The balloon drifts for days and finally lands on a mysterious volcanic island with very unusual inhabitants. Also landing, in a better aircraft, is Rulu, a visitor from Mercury. She seeks a radio-active material that will enable her to manufacture an explosive that will destroy the world or, at least, the portion known as Earth in this 15 Chapter Serial from the 1950s.

Released: 1951
Runtime: 4h 12m
Genres: Science Fiction, Adventure, Action, Fantasy
Country: United States of America
Language: English

Direction and writing

George H. PlymptonScreenplay

Jules VerneNovel

Cast

Richard CraneCapt. Cyrus Harding
Marshall ReedJack Pencroft
Karen RandleRulu of Mercury

LC

Lewis ClayScreenplay

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Hugh ProsserGideon Spillet

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Terry FrostAyrton - The Wild Man

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