Unknown World

"Drilling into the forbidding depths of the earth!"

Oct 26 1951 Approved 1h 14m
Adventure, Sci-Fi

With the cyclotram, an atomic-powered rock-boring vehicle, Dr. Jerimiah Morley leads an expedition into a subterranean world.

Plot

Dr. Jerimiah Morley becomes convinced that the world is headed to an inevitable worldwide nuclear war. He organizes an expedition made up of a team of expert scientists and an atomic-powered rock-boring vehicle called a "cyclotram" to find a subterranean environment where holocaust survivors could live indefinitely. When funding falls through, independently rich adventurer Wright Thompson underwrites the project under the condition that he be allowed to go. As the group goes deeper beneath the Earth's crust, personalities clash, tempers flare, and the dangerous journey claims the lives of several expedition members. When they come upon an enormous underground expanse with its own ocean and phosphorescent light, it appears that their goal has been achieved.

Written by

Millard Kaufman, Dalton Trumbo

Directed by

Terry O. Morse

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Lippert Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
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1,384
Average Rating
4.1 out of 10
Metascore
NA
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