Adventure
Fantasy
Science Fiction
A huge burrowing machine tunnels out of control at ferocious speed, cutting clean through to the center of the earth, to the twilight world of pellucidar. Once there, Dr. Perry and David Innes are threatened by half human creatures, lizard-like birds, and man-eating plants.
Directors
Doug McClure
David Innes
Peter Cushing
Dr. Abner Perry
Caroline Munro
Princess Dia
Cy Grant
Ra
Godfrey James
Ghak
Sean Lynch
Hoojah
Keith Barron
Dowsett
Helen Gill
Maisie
Anthony Verner
Gadsby
Robert Gillespie
Photographer
Michael Crane
Jubal
Bobby Parr
Sagoth Chief
Andee Cromarty
Girl Slave
Directors
User reviews3
Review
Featured review
Ok, this is just a daft Victorian action-adventure film with Doug McClure as the dashing explorer ably assisted by Peter Cushing (delivering a very similar style of performances as his "Doctor Who") as the boffin who designed the ultimate boring machine to travel to the innards of the planet. Once there, they encounter slaves ruled by a race of giant, angry looking, telepathic penguins. Based upon an Edgar Rice Burroughs fable, the effects are pretty dreadful and, indeed, so is the whole thing. It's isn't rubbish, though - and was a perfectly entertaining film for kids when I was 9!
Geronimo196703 Jun, 2023
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