The Lost Continent (1968)

G06/19/1968Adventure, Fantasy1h 29m
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A living hell that time forgot!

Overview

An eclectic group of characters set sail on Captain Lansen’s leaky cargo ship in an attempt to escape their various troubles. When a violent storm strikes, the ship is swept into the Sargasso Sea and the passengers find themselves trapped on an island populated by man-eating seaweed, giant crabs and Spanish conquistadors who believe it’s still the 16th century.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Eric Porter

    Lansen

  2. Cast 1

    Hildegard Knef

    Eva Peters

  3. Cast 1

    Suzanna Leigh

    Unity Webster

  4. Cast 1

    Tony Beckley

    Harry Tyler

  5. Cast 1

    Jimmy Hanley

    Patrick, the bartender

  6. Cast 1

    James Cossins

    Nick, chief engineer

  7. Cast 1

    Reg Lye

    The Helmsman

  8. Cast 1

    Ben Carruthers

    Ricaldi

  9. Cast 1

    Nigel Stock

    Dr. Webster

Then we'll go on trying, and the day we stop trying we stop living! It is one of the major oddities out of Hammer Films, a nutty slice of fantasy adventure sci-fi, resplendent with rubbery effects work, an incoherent screenplay, auto-cue hammy acting and obligatory humongous cleavage! Plot, for what it is worth, finds a potentially explosive cargo ship and passengers, piloted by an uber serious Eric Portman, become victim of a mutiny and then find themselves lost in the Sargasso Sea. But wait! There is an island offering salvation, only it's a bit of a time warp populated by despotic Spa...

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Original LanguageEnglish 

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