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4.3/10   153 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Ken Barnett (story)
Christy Marx (writer)
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Release Date:
21 November 1985 (West Germany) more
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Tagline:
Underground, no one can see you die! more
Plot:
The U.S. government has been using deep caves in Central America as bases for a special type of radio... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Robert Powell ... Rupert 'Wolf' Wolfsen

Timothy Bottoms ... Maj. Elbert Stevens
Lisa Blount ... Leslie Peterson
Richard Johnson ... Ben Gannon
Anne Heywood ... Frieda Shelley
A.C. Weary ... Lt. George Barwell
Liam Sullivan ... Lemurian elder
Jackson Bostwick ... Hunter Prime
Richard Beauchamp ... Santos Arias
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David Avery ... American soldier

Gary Cervantes ... Hector Lopez (as Carlos Cervantes)
Dick Curtis ... Lemurian
Rick Davis ... Mercenary
Bruce Howard ... Latin-American soldier
Billy Lee ... Lemurian
James Mitchell ... Lemurian
Kenny Moore ... Lemurian

Tim Powell ... Jim White
Brian Stevens ... American soldier

Ned Vaughn ... American soldier
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Also Known As:
Secrets of the Phantom Caverns
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Runtime:
88 min
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3 out of 5 people found the following review useful.
THOUGHT PROVOKING, 27 June 2004
10/10

I have never really given much thought to underground civilizations and the like, but this movie definitely gets you thinking!

It's a bit slow to getting off the ground, but stick with it, it's well worth the wait!

I didn't think the movie would be so good from the beginning, in fact to be honest, there's quite a poor start to it, and I suspect many would switch off before it gets going. I remained open-minded. I think that the idea was very imaginative indeed, and my only complaint was the movie was over too quickly. Would have made a two and half hour movie, no problem. Still, the idea of any great movie, like any great book, is to leave you wanting more.

However, it had a very satisfactory end.

Don't miss this if you get the opportunity - a gem worth watching.

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