The Land That Time Forgot (1975 film)
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| Directed by | Kevin Connor |
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John Dark Max Rosenberg |
| Written by |
Michael Moorcock James Cawthorn |
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Novel: Edgar Rice Burroughs |
| Starring |
Doug McClure John McEnery Susan Penhaligon Keith Barron |
| Narrated by | Doug McClure |
| Music by | Douglas Gamley |
| Cinematography | Alan Hume |
| Edited by | John Ireland |
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| Distributed by | American International Pictures |
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91 min. |
| Country | United Kingdom United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | over $1 million |
| Box office | 1,908,872 admissions (France) |
The Land That Time Forgot is a 1975 fantasy/adventure film based upon the 1924 novel The Land That Time Forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The screenplay was written by Michael Moorcock and directed by Kevin Connor. The cast included Doug McClure, John McEnery, Keith Barron, Susan Penhaligon, Anthony Ainley and Declan Mulholland.
The movie begins with Doug McClure as Bowen Tyler narrating the events, much as we see in many Edgar Rice Burroughs novels. A sailor throws a bottle with a written manuscript inside it into the sea, hoping for it to be discovered later.
The story is set during World War I and involves the survivors of the sinking of a British merchant ship who are taken on board a German U-boat.
Bowen Tyler and Lisa Clayton (Susan Penhaligon) are passengers on the ship torpedoed by Captain von Schoenvorts (John McEnery). Along with a few surviving British officers, Tyler convinces the other men to take over the surfacing submarine, this being their only chance for survival. After confronting the Germans on the deck, a fight ensues and they seize the German U-boat. Tyler takes command hoping to sail to a British port. Von Schoenvorts has his crew steer toward a safe sea port. But German officer Dietz (Anthony Ainley) gets loose and smashes the sub's radio.
Off course and running out of fuel in the South Atlantic, the U-boat and its crew happen across an uncharted sub-continent called Caprona, a fantastical land of lush vegetation where dinosaurs still roam, co-existing with primitive man. There are also reserves of oil which, if the Germans and British can work together, can be refined and enable their escape from the island.
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