This film starts out like the Love Boat on acid, as a cast of varied characters, with various issues, take Captain Eric Porter's leaky cargo ship to escape their troubles. When a violent ...
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Eric Porter | ... | Capt. Lansen | |
| Hildegard Knef | ... | Eva Peters | |
| Suzanna Leigh | ... | Unity Webster | |
| Tony Beckley | ... | Harry Tyler | |
| Nigel Stock | ... | Dr. Webster | |
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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 | ... | Mate | |
| Reg Lye | ... | Helmsman | |
| Norman Eshley | ... | Jonathan, the Prisoner | |
| Michael Ripper | ... | Sea Lawyer | |
| Donald Sumpter | ... | Sparks, the Radioman | |
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This film starts out like the Love Boat on acid, as a cast of varied characters, with various issues, take Captain Eric Porter's leaky cargo ship to escape their troubles. When a violent storm strikes, the ship is swept into the Sargasso Sea and our heroes find themselves trapped on an island of man-eating seaweed, populated by giant monster crabs and some Spanish conquistadors who think the Inquisition is still on. Features songs and music by '60s "cool group", the Peddlers. Written by Scott Hamilton <stomptokyo@aol.com>
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See blood beasts battling over female flesh!, torture pits for forbidden lovers!, sacrifice to giant jaw-snapping mollusks!, escape from floating death ship!, helpless beauties attacked by crazed kelp-monsters!, fiery destruction of the lost continent! See more »Parents Guide:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
19 June 1968 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Lost Island See more »Filming Locations:
Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UKCompany Credits
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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!
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In interviews Eddie Powell claimed that Christopher Lee was going to play the part Powell played. See more »Goofs
When Unity and Harry are in the bar after getting back in the ship, she makes Harry a drink. When he sips it and realizes it contains alcohol, the glass is nearly full. When he throws the glass towards the bar in a rage, the glass is completely empty. See more »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!
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Alternate Versions
Most of the extra 9 minutes that was cut from the US version is not 'adult material' but exposition. Obviously, Warner wanted a release than ran less than 90m as well as the G rating. For example, an entire scene was removed in which the mutinous crew tell the first officer that there are explosives on board the ship (as the first officer later tells the captain that the crew know about the explosives the scene was doubtless considered superfluous). However, there was some mild sex and gore cut (a close shot of the dead radio operator for example). See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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When I saw this as a kid, I thought it was cool, because it had creepy monsters and a theme song that sounded like Andy Williams in some lounge. A group of forlorn passengers on board an unseaworthy steamship, which happens to be carrying high explosives, set sail for South America. They get caught in a hurricane, the crew mutinies, they get in a lifeboat, man-eating seaweed tries to eat the captain, then they find their ship again and go back on board. that's when the fun begins. The evil seaweed pulls the ship into the Sargasso Sea, where it is chow-time for all the creepy sea creatures that attack and devour the ship's passengers. Also on hand are a bunch of Spaniards who think it's the 1500's. They have managed to peacefully co-exist with these slimy creatures. They are ruled by a petulant boy-king who tries to seize the ship and it's supplies. Our heroes must battle the Spaniards and the monsters and get home.