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Terror from the Year 5000 (1958)

66 min  -  Sci-Fi  -   January 1958 (USA)
2.2
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Prof. Erling and his financial backer Victor build a prototype time machine to snatch objects from the past... See full summary »

Director:

Robert J. Gurney Jr.

Writer:

Robert J. Gurney Jr., and 1 more credit »

Stars:

Ward Costello, Joyce Holden and Frederic Downs
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Ward Costello Ward Costello ...
Dr. Robert Hedges
Joyce Holden Joyce Holden ...
Claire Erling
Frederic Downs Frederic Downs ...
Prof. Howard Erling
John Stratton John Stratton ...
Victor
Salome Jens Salome Jens ...
Future Woman / Nurse
Fred Herrick Fred Herrick ...
Angelo
Beatrice Furdeaux Beatrice Furdeaux ...
Miss Blake
Jack Diamond Jack Diamond ...
First Lab Technician
Fred Taylor Fred Taylor ...
Second Lab Technician
Bill Downs Bill Downs ...
Dr. Blair
William Cost William Cost ...
Joe the Bartender
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Storyline

Prof. Erling and his financial backer Victor build a prototype time machine to snatch objects from the past. Latest find, a statuette, radiometrically dates to 5200 AD! When this draws colleague Richard Hedges to the island lab, Erling reveals that 20th-century objects put in the machine seem to be "traded" for analogous future objects by intelligent life. And on the sly, Victor's been trying to get a living visitor. Does the future need help, or is the present in danger? Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>  

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Plot Keywords:

Statuette | Time Machine | Carbon Dating | Blood | Voice Over Narration  | See more »

Taglines:

From Time Unborn ... A Hideous She-Thing!

Genres:

Sci-Fi

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

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Also Known As:

Cage of Doom See more »

Filming Locations:

Dade County, Florida, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

La Jolla Productions See more »
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Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White
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Trivia

Nationally released as the second part of a double bill with The Screaming Skull. See more »

Goofs

Factual errors: Although the narrator claims the first satellite launched by "man" was in 1958, it was actually the Soviet Union's Sputnik 1 that was first on October 4, 1957. Interestingly, the first *American* satellite, Explorer I, was indeed launched on January 31, 1958 (February 1 in GMT). See more »

Quotes

Narrator: In the year nineteen hundred and fifty-eight, Man launched the first satellite and pierced the space barrier.
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Connections

Featured in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Terror from the Year 5000 (#9.7)" (1997) See more »

Soundtracks

"Posse"
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Music by Jack Shaindlin See more »