The Lost World (1960 film)

The Lost World
Original 1960 theatrical poster
Directed by	Irwin Allen
Produced by	Irwin Allen Cliff Reid
Screenplay by	Irwin Allen Charles Bennett
Based on	The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle
Starring	Michael Rennie Jill St. John David Hedison Claude Rains Fernando Lamas
Music by	Paul Sawtell Bert Shefter
Cinematography	Winton C. Hoch
Edited by	Hugh S. Fowler
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	July 13, 1960 (U.S.)
Running time	97 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1,515,000
Box office	$2,500,000 (US/ Canada)

The Lost World is a 1960 De Luxe Color and a CinemaScope fantasy adventure film loosely based on the novel of the same name by Arthur Conan Doyle and directed by Irwin Allen. The plot of the film revolves around the exploration of a flat mountain in Venezuela inhabited by cannibals, dinosaurs, carnivorous plants, and giant spiders. The cast includes Claude Rains, David Hedison, Fernando Lamas, Jill St. John, and Michael Rennie.

Professor Challenger (Claude Rains), a famed biologist and anthropologist, reports to the London Zoological Society that he has discovered living specimens of supposedly extinct animals, including dinosaurs, on an expedition to the Amazon Basin. When his colleagues dismiss his claims, he challenges the Society to mount another expedition to verify his story. Challenger and his companions travel to an isolated plateau, where they encounter prehistoric creatures and other hazards, and discover the legacy of a previous explorer that reveals the hidden past of one of their team. During a volcanic eruption, they escape from the plateau carrying the egg of a Tyrannosaurus rex. The egg hatches when it is dropped by accident, and Professor Challenger decides to take the infant dinosaur back to London with them.