Mysterious Island

Sep 13, 1951

4h 12m

★ 5.6

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Overview

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.

Genres

Science Fiction

Adventure

Action

Fantasy

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

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Cast

Capt. Cyrus Harding

Richard Crane

Jack Pencroft

Marshall Reed

Rulu of Mercury

Karen Randle

Herbert 'Bert' Brown

Ralph Hodges

Pirate Capt. Shard

Gene Roth

Gideon Spillet

Hugh Prosser

Capt. Nemo

Leonard Penn

Ayrton - The Wild Man

Terry Frost

Moley - Shard Henchman

Rusty Wescoatt

Neb

Bernie Hamilton

Mr. Jackson

William Fawcett

Mercurian

George Robotham

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