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The Lost Continent (1968)
Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1968
Running Times: 89m/98m
Length:
Format: 35mm
Colour Format: Technicolor
Ratio: 1.78:1
Sound: mono
DIRECTOR
Director: Michael Carreras; Leslie Norman (original director
- uncredited)
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Hammer Films/Seven Arts Productions/Associated
British Pathe Limited
Producer: Michael Carreras
Associate Producer: Peter Manley
SCRIPT
Script: Michael Nash (real name: Michael Carreras)
Novel: Uncharted Seas by Dennis Wheatley
DIRECTION
Assistant Director: Dominic Fulford
Continuity: Doreen Soan
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Paul Beeson
Camera Operator: Russell Thompson
Colour: DeLuxe
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Supervising Editor: James Needs
Editor: Chris Barnes
MUSIC
Musical Supervisor: Philip Martell
Music: Gerard Schürmann
Songs: Roy Phillips
Songs Performed By: The Peddlers
SOUND
Recording Supervisor: A.W.
Lumkin
Sound Mixer: Dennis Whitlock
Sound Editor: Roy Baker
Sound System: RCA Sound Recording
COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Costume Designer: Carl Toms
Wardrobe: Mary Gibson
Make Up: George Partleton
Hair: Elsie Alder
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Cliff Richardson, Robert A. Mattey
Special Effects Consultant: Arthur Hayward
Modeller: Arthur Fehr
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Arthur Lawson
Assistant Art Director: Don Picton
LOCATIONS
Locations: Elstree Studios, Herts, England, UK
CASTING
Casting: Irene Lamb
CAST
Eric Porter (Captain Lansen)
Hildegard Knef (Eva)
Suzanna Leigh (Unity)
Tony Beckley (Tyler)
Nigel Stock (Webster)
Neil Mccallum (Hemmings)
Benito Carruthers (Ricaldi)
Jimmy Hanley (Pat)
James Cossins (Chief)
Dana Gillespie (Sarah)
Victor Maddern (Mate)
Reg Lye (helmsman)
Norman Eshley (Jonathan)
Michael Ripper
(sea lawyer)
Donald Sumpter (Sparks)
Alf Joint (Jason)
Charles Houston (Braemar)
Shivendra Sinha (Hurri Curri)
Darryl Read (El Diablo)
Eddie Powell (Inquisitor)
Frank Hayden (Sergeant)
Mark Heath, Horace James (customs men)
PLOT SUMMARY
A group of passengers and crew on board a chartered cargo ship find
themselves stranded when the explosives the ship is carrying detonates.
They are cast adrift in a spooky part of the Sargasso Sea where they
are beset by man-eating seaweed, giant crabs and a tribe of bloodthirsty
Spanish conquistadors.
CAPSULE REVIEW
Very far from Hammer's best, this is a bizarre and unlikable oddity
stuffed full of clichéd characters and situations. The unconvincing
monsters, unpredictable character motivations and atrocious score make
it virtually unwatchable though the cast struggle gamely with terrible
dialogue and a script that seems to cram in a good half dozen undercooked
plots. Worth avoiding unless you're a die-hard Hammer devotee.
AVAILABILITY
UK
Theatrical Distributor: Warner-Pathe Distributors Limited
USA
Theatrical Distributor: 20th Century Fox Film Corporation
Video Distributor: Anchor Bay Entertainment Inc
Laserdisc Distributor: Elite (EE 5678 - includes: theatrical trailer;
TV spots)
DVD Distributor: Anchor Bay (DV 10675 - includes: the World of Hammer
episode Land Before Time)
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Finland
Rating: banned in 1968
Sweden
Rating: 15
UK
Rating: X
USA
Rating: G
TIMELINE
1968
June
19: USA - copyrighted (no. LP359445); theatrical release
July
27: UK - theatrical release
December
16: Sweden - theatrical release
1998
February
24: USA - laserdisc release (Elite (EE 5678))
1999
November
16: USA - DVD release (Anchor Bay (DV 10675))
POSTER TAGS
A living land that time forgot!
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Bestien lauern vor Caracas - German title
Dying Sea, The
Lost Island
Nebbia degli orrori, La - Italian title
People of Abrimes, The
Salainen manner - Finnish title
Skräckens ö - Swedish title
REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
Daily Cinema no.9538 (21 June 1968) p.8
(UK)
review
Hollywood Reporter vol.198 no.14 (3 November
1967) p.10 (USA)
credits
The House That Hammer Built no.6 (December
1997) pp.335-338 (UK)
illustrated credits, synopsis, review
Kine Weekly no.3138 (2 December 1967)
p.10 (UK)
credits
Kine Weekly no.3167 (22 June 1968) p.11
(UK)
review
Little Shoppe of Horrors no.12 (April
1994) pp.55-65 (USA)
illustrated credits, production notes
Monthly Film Bulletin vol.35 no.415 (August
1968) pp.119-120
credits, synopsis, review
Variety 3 July 1968 p.26 (USA)
credits, review
BOOKS
British National Film Catalogue vol.6
(1968) (UK)
credits, synopsis
KEYWORDS
book into film; monsters, lost worlds, seaweed, ships
Last Updated:
1 January, 2009
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