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Director:
Writers:
Irwin Allen (screenplay)
Charles Bennett (screenplay)
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Release Date:
13 July 1960 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
In the middle of the twentieth century, you fall off the brink of time! more
Plot:
Professor Challenger leads an expedition of scientists and adventurers to a remote plateau deep in the Amazonian jungle to verify his claim that dinosaurs still live there. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
okay: which one of you nitwits forgot the map? more (46 total)

Cast

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Michael Rennie ... Lord John Roxton

Jill St. John ... Jennifer Holmes (as Jill St.John)

David Hedison ... Ed Malone

Claude Rains ... Professor George Edward Challenger
Fernando Lamas ... Manuel Gomez
Richard Haydn ... Professor Summerlee
Ray Stricklyn ... David Holmes
Jay Novello ... Costa
Vitina Marcus ... Native Girl
Ian Wolfe ... Burton White
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World (USA) (complete title)
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Runtime:
97 min
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Language:
Color:
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System) | 4-Track Stereo (35 mm mag-optical prints)
Certification:
Canada:PG (Ontario) | USA:Approved (certificate #19503) | Finland:K-12

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Irwin Allen used real-life lizards (mainly monitor lizards) to portray the dinosaurs. Horns and spikes were attached to the lizards to make them look a bit like more like dinosaurs. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Jennifer is attacked by one of the vines, she's carrying a basket with her poodle inside it in one shot, then grabs the vine with both hands in the next. more
Quotes:
Lord John Roxton: The best title for a woman is still "Mrs"! more

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12 out of 17 people found the following comment useful.
okay: which one of you nitwits forgot the map?, 10 April 2004
Author: march9hare from sparks nv

Irwin Allen puts a saddle on the Conan Doyle novel and digs in the spurs in this silly adaptation of the eponymous book. Loaded with action but not much else, and well stocked with useless characters such as Frosty the poodle. SEE! Jill St.John, who starts off feisty but ends up as simpering baggage, explore the Amazon in pink tights. HEAR!! Michael Rennie murder the Spanish language. FEEL!!! The sense of loss as Fernando Lamas deadpans the line: "My helicopter". In an interview years later, David Hedison admitted that he HATED this movie, and it's easy to see why. With typical pre-release hype, Irwin Allen teased the public with promises of unbelievably authentic-looking monsters("like nothing you've ever seen before!"). Wrong: they were exactly like everything we've seen before. The actors, from Claude Rains to Fernando Lamas, are all good to very good, but not in this clunker. Their combined talents were wasted, as will be your money if you buy or rent this film. Get it ONLY if you feel compelled to complete a collection of '50s and '60s B-movies, otherwise: don't walk, run!

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