The Lost Continent (1968)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Michael Carreras

Writers:

Michael Carreras (writer)
Dennis Wheatley (novel)

Release Date:

19 June 1968 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Fantasy | Horror

Tagline:

A living hell that time forgot!

Plot:

This film starts out like the Love Boat on acid, as a cast of varied characters, with various issues...

Plot Keywords:

Ship | Monster | Water | Sea Weed | Sea Monster

Cast

Eric Porter	...	Capt. Lansen
Hildegard Knef	...	Eva Peters (as Hildegarde Neff)
Suzanna Leigh	...	Unity Webster
Tony Beckley	...	Harry Tyler
Nigel Stock	...	Dr. Webster
Neil McCallum	...	First Officer Hemmings
Ben Carruthers	...	Ricaldi (as Benito Carruthers)
Jimmy Hanley	...	Patrick, the bartender
James Cossins	...	Nick, chief engineer
Dana Gillespie	...	Sarah
Victor Maddern	...	The mate
Reg Lye	...	The Helmsman
Norman Eshley	...	Jonathan, the prisoner
Michael Ripper	...	Sea Lawyer

Also Known As:

Lost Island
The People of Abrimes

Runtime:

89 min | USA:97 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Certification:

Finland:(Banned) (1968) | Sweden:15 | UK:X | USA:G

Filming Locations:

Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Company:

Hammer Film Productions

Trivia:

The film's trailer incorrectly applies Tony Beckley's name to a shot of a man sword-fighting. In reality, the man shown is Charles Houston as Braemer, a crew member; Beckley plays Harry Tyler, a different character entirely.

Quotes:

Capt. Lansen: What kind of a circus is this, anyway?
The Grand Inquistor: You are in the court of El Supremo. The Chosen One.
Nick, chief engineer: He means the lad sitting on the throne.
Capt. Lansen: That boy?
Harry Tyler: He's the one who pays the piper!

Bizarrely superb - but where's missing scene?

First time I saw it, there was a scene where Porter hears Neff's life story (she was mistress of a banana republic dictator and has a son somewhere). He (I think) says he'll impound her passport unless she sleeps with him. He goes to her cabin to find Ricaldi (played by Benito Carruthers and whatever happened to him?) emerging and buttoning his jacket in a lewd way. Porter opens Neff's door to find her naked on the bunk. He throws her passport at her and exits. I watch this movie every time it's screened and have never seen this scene again. In a scene that's still present, Neff agreed to give Carruthers sexual favours if he'll let her keep the securities she's stolen from the dictator. But the absence of this key scene makes nonsense of the conversation between the three of them in the lifeboat... See this film anyway, it's a gem. xxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxx