★ 3 / 10
Yikes, but this is a rotten film. The
CinemaSerf
Yikes, but this is a rotten film. The premiss is that in the face of impending nuclear doom we are all to take shelter under the surface of the planet. Luckily…
Yikes, but this is a rotten film. The premiss is that in the face of impending nuclear doom we are all to take shelter under the surface of the planet. Luckily for us, the ground beneath our feet is only skin deep; thereafter it is full of beautiful features, cool clear water and an astonishing degree of natural light (emanating from an inexhaustible source of phosphorescent boulders, of course). It's bunkum! The trio of adventurers are as out of their depth as their submarine. Many think that Victor Killan's lack of a credit was due to a blacklist. I'd be inclined to think it was about his seeing this film afterwards and doing some career damage limitation. The effects are pretty low-budget and there is absolutely no chemistry at all between the cast.
★ 4 / 10
"Journey to the Center of the Earth" meets "The Core"
ajaverett
Well, to be fair, in 1951, there was still a great deal of conjecture about the Earth's inner structure; not only was the theory of "plate tectonics"…
Well, to be fair, in 1951, there was still a great deal of conjecture about the Earth's inner structure; not only was the theory of "plate tectonics" completely unknown (it's no longer considered a theory), that the core was a viscous super-heated liquid with a solid center (outer core and inner core) was merely a conjecture (today it too is considered fact). This picture strikes me as a sort of "Journey to the Center of the Earth" (1959) meets "The Core" (2003), with perhaps a little more emphasis on the latter.What was surprising was to see that the credit for music went to Ernest Gold (who appears to have scored a number of forgettable pictures earlier in his career). Gold would go on to score "The Young Philadelphians " (1959), "On the Beach" (1959), "Inherit the Wind" (1960), "Exodus" (1960) and "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" (1963); he won an Oscar for the score to "Exodus." Words were added in 1961 by Pat Boone(!) as "This Land Is Mine." Various versions charted in 1961, including by the piano duo Ferrante & Teicher and Montavani. It still can be heard today on radio stations that program older popular music.
★ 5 / 10
ma-cortes
A group of scientists tunnel to the center of the Earth to find a refuge from the dangers of the atomic world. As the team of the scientific people : Bruce…
A group of scientists tunnel to the center of the Earth to find a refuge from the dangers of the atomic world. As the team of the scientific people : Bruce Kellogg, Otto Waldis, Jim Bannon... , among them one woman : Marilyn Walsh , use a gigantic drilling for a risked expidition. The scientific compatriots descend into deep caverns filled with stalactites and stalagmites and looking for a tunnel system leading to the center . All of them drilling into the forbidden depths of the Earth resulting in surprising as well as fateful consequences. A thousand miles down...Ten-thousand Thrills Deep! A Journey to the Center of the Earth . Shocking drama of a woman who's lost life's most precious gifts! . Daring scenes of the forbidden depths at the heart of the world! Adventure into the unknown! Drilling into the forbidding depths of the earth!A shocking and fantastic drama with daring scenes of the forbidden depth at the heart of the world. It blends usual issue in the Fifties about the risks of the nuclear war along the classic story of Jules Verne's Voyage to the Center of the Earth. The highlights of the movie are the numerous risks and dangers they have to deal with . Big start winds down fast and being nicely shot by Terry Morse, sometimes credited Terrell O. Morse. Stars a lot of B and mostly unknown actors giving passable interpretations, such as : Bruce Kellogg, Jim Bannon, Otto Waldis, Marilyn Walsh, uncredited Victor Killan, among others.Produced by expert producer Robert Lippert who financed various fantasy movies and two FX expert professionals : Irving Block and Jack Rabin, both of provide tradicional and primitive especial effects, but really effective, adding abundant matte-painting . It contains a thrilling and evocative musical score by Ernest Gold to be continued a successful career with excellent soundtracks as a great composer. The motion picture was regular y professionally directed by Terry O Morse. He was a good craftsman and an expert editor. He shot various films about all kinds of genres with penchant for fantasy and Sci-Fi. As Terry directed films as Godzilla, Taffy, Fog Island, Godzilla King of the Monsters, Tear Gas Squad, Waterfront, On the Trail, Don Ricardo returns, Dillinger, Danny Boy, British Inteligence, among others. Rating : 5.5/10. In spite of not being a notable, neither extraordinary film, it results an acceptable and decent entry in the Fiffties, a period in which the Science Fiction genre got great splendor and success.
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It's a boring movie. Literally.