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Scientists use a gigantic drilling machine for an expedition to the center of the earth.Scientists use a gigantic drilling machine for an expedition to the center of the earth.Scientists use a gigantic drilling machine for an expedition to the center of the earth.
Victor Kilian
- Dr. Jeremiah Morley
- (uncredited)
Harold Miller
- Carlisle Foundation Board Member
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Millard Kaufman
- Dalton Trumbo(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaThis project was actually put together by two special effects men, Jack Rabin and Irving Block, who are listed as producers.
- GoofsThe "science" regarding the interior of the earth is wrong, and was known to be wrong at the time the movie was made. It does not get cooler the deeper one goes into the earth. A few feet below the surface the ground temperature is around 50 degrees Fahrenheit. Going deeper from that depth the temperature goes up at a rate of approximately 1 degree Fahrenheit per 70 feet.
- Quotes
Andy Ostergaard: [Reflecting on the expedition's status deep beneath the Earth] You know once when I was working on the Holland Tunnel, I got cut off from my crew for ten hours. I felt this way then.
- ConnectionsReferenced in 13 Reasons Why: Angry, Young and Man (2019)
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Better than you'd think
This is not as bad a picture as some of the other reviews suggest.
I'm not saying it's a great movie, but it IS surprisingly well done for being made with no money.
It's an odd movie in that it's not really the kind of sci fi you'd expect. There are no monsters or other creatures.
It a straightforward story about finding a alternative place to live in case of nuclear war.
It does drag a bit, but it's worth a watch.
The plot.
Dr. Jerimiah Morley becomes convinced that the world is headed to an inevitable worldwide nuclear war.
He organizes an expedition made up of a team of expert scientists and an atomic-powered rock-boring vehicle called a "cyclotram" to find a subterranean environment where holocaust survivors could live indefinitely.
When funding falls through, independently rich adventurer Wright Thompson underwrites the project under the condition that he be allowed to go.
As the group goes deeper beneath the Earth's crust, personalities clash, tempers flare, and the dangerous journey claims the lives of several expedition members.
When they come upon an enormous underground expanse with its own ocean and phosphorescent light, it appears that their goal has been achieved.
I'm not saying it's a great movie, but it IS surprisingly well done for being made with no money.
It's an odd movie in that it's not really the kind of sci fi you'd expect. There are no monsters or other creatures.
It a straightforward story about finding a alternative place to live in case of nuclear war.
It does drag a bit, but it's worth a watch.
The plot.
Dr. Jerimiah Morley becomes convinced that the world is headed to an inevitable worldwide nuclear war.
He organizes an expedition made up of a team of expert scientists and an atomic-powered rock-boring vehicle called a "cyclotram" to find a subterranean environment where holocaust survivors could live indefinitely.
When funding falls through, independently rich adventurer Wright Thompson underwrites the project under the condition that he be allowed to go.
As the group goes deeper beneath the Earth's crust, personalities clash, tempers flare, and the dangerous journey claims the lives of several expedition members.
When they come upon an enormous underground expanse with its own ocean and phosphorescent light, it appears that their goal has been achieved.
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- Runtime1 hour 14 minutes
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