The People That Time Forgot (1977)

A sequel to The Land That Time Forgot. Major Ben McBride organises a mission to the Antarctic wastes to search for his friend (Doug McClure) who has been missing in the region for several ... See full summary »

Director:

Kevin Connor

Writers:

Edgar Rice Burroughs (based upon "The People That Time Forgot" by), Patrick Tilley (screenplay)

Stars:

Patrick Wayne, Doug McClure, Sarah Douglas

Cast

Cast overview:
Patrick Wayne	...	Ben McBride
Doug McClure	...	Bowen Tyler
Sarah Douglas	...	Charly
Dana Gillespie	...	Ajor
Thorley Walters	...	Norfolk
Shane Rimmer	...	Hogan
Tony Britton	...	Captain Lawton
John Hallam	...	Chung-Sha
David Prowse	...	Executioner (as Dave Prowse)
Milton Reid	...	Sabbala
Kiran Shah	...	Bolum
Richard LeParmentier	...	Lt. Whitby (as Richard Parmentier)
Jimmy Ray	...	Lt. Graham
Tony McHale	...	Telegraphist

Storyline

A sequel to The Land That Time Forgot. Major Ben McBride organises a mission to the Antarctic wastes to search for his friend (Doug McClure) who has been missing in the region for several years. McBride's party find themselves in a world populated by primitive warriors and terrifying prehistoric creatures, all of whom they must evade in order to get back safely to their ship.

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Plot Keywords:

prehistoric creature | ship | sequel | photographer | rescue | 

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Taglines:

FIRST 'The Land That Time Forgot'. THEN 'At The Earth's Core'. NOW a fantastic incredible world of savage mystery...

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Genres:

Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Official Sites:

MGM Studios [us]

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 August 1977 (France)

Also Known As:

Caprona II

Filming Locations:

Canary Islands, Spain

Company Credits

Production Co:

American International Pictures (AIP), Amicus Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The armored creature that attacks McBride and his group in the cave near the end of the film was actually a model of the Late Permian reptile called Scutosaurus.

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Goofs

When the heroes are making their escape from the Mountain of Skulls, and Tyler is holding off the archers with a pistol, one of the archers' arrows hits him squarely in the face and bounces off.

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Quotes

[attempting to repair the damaged plane]
Hogan: God damn it! When I put you together you stay together!
[he accidentally puts his foot through the wing]
Hogan: Oh, no...

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Connections

Follows The Land That Time Forgot (1975)

User Reviews

Nothing More Than A Time Waster

Apparently this is a sequel to the earlier "The Land That Time Forgot"

• which I saw many, many years ago but have to admit I don't remember

very much of. Since this is a sequel, I guess it can be forgiven to an extent for not having much that's especially original in it. It's a typical story of a land filled with dinosaurs and "cave people" (including a stereotypical and very well endowed "cavegirl" - played by an actress named Dana Gillespie - who speaks surprisingly fluent English - having been taught by the man they're searching for - and spends most of the movie looking like she's about to burst out of her costume) as a search party heads in to find someone lost from the previous expedition. To give credit where credit is due, the sets were realistic and the dinosaur effects were pretty well done. The pterodactyl attack on the small plane near the beginning of the movie was actually quite believable - at least in the context of this movie. The cast was not particularly familiar to me. The most recognizable face (to me) was Sarah Douglas as "Charly" - a well to do photographer sent along by her family's newspaper to document the expedition. (I recognize her as Ursa - the villainess from Superman II a few years later.)

There's nothing very spectacular here. It's not a bad time waster (although it seems to start rather abruptly) even though it's not an especially good movie. (4/10)