Writer: Laszlo Gorog, William N. Robson, Charles Palmer
Composer: Henry Mancini, Heinz Roemheld, Hans J. Salter, Herman Stein
Starring: Jock Mahoney, Shirley Patterson, William Reynolds, Henry Brandon, Douglas Kennedy, Phil Harvey
More info: IMDb
Tagline: Lost and Terrorized in Prehistoric Time.
Plot: Three men and a woman crash-land in a deep crater in Antarctica, where they find a prehistoric world.
My rating: 5.5/10
Will I watch it again? Nope.
This simple and mildly entertaining adventure flick checks all the right boxes for a reasonable 78-minute romp for some brainless time killing. That's hardly a winning endorsement but it's not trying to be anything else. The cast do a fine job with everyone filling their roles nicely. The plot is straightforward and the dialogue serves it well enough. See the trailer to get an idea how much money and effort were spent, although I thought the integration of the giant lizard footage was handled better than usual. The man-in-suit T-Rex is laughable. I was pleasantly surprised by the ending but, overall, the picture is by the numbers, goofy entertainment. The word on the street is this was originally going to be given a much better and bigger treatment until it got downgraded to a B-level production, including being shot in color. I do, however, like that it was shot in B&W.
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