Overview:
An eclectic group of characters set sail on Captain Lansen’s leaky cargo ship in an attempt to escape their various troubles. When a violent storm strikes, the ship is swept into the Sargasso Sea and the passengers find themselves trapped on an island populated by man-eating seaweed, giant crabs and Spanish conquistadors who believe it’s still the 16th century.| Status: | Released (1968-06-19) |
|---|---|
| Screen: | Michael Carreras, Dennis Wheatley |
| Productions: | Hammer Film Productions, Seven Arts Productions |
| Production Countries: | United Kingdom |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 39955: Eric Porter - Lansen
- 14168: Hildegard Knef - Eva Peters
- 40921: Suzanna Leigh - Unity Webster
- 14816: Tony Beckley - Harry Tyler
- 108680: Jimmy Hanley - Patrick, the bartender
- 33109: James Cossins - Nick, chief engineer
- 199918: Reg Lye - The Helmsman
Crews
- 29664: Michael Carreras - Screenplay - Writing
- 1124455: Gerard Schurmann - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 29296: Paul Beeson - Director of Photography - Camera
- 29664: Michael Carreras - Producer - Production
- 30762: Chris Barnes - Editor - Editing
- 29664: Michael Carreras - Director - Directing
- 1078791: Dennis Wheatley - Novel - Writing
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Reviews
John Chard
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Then we'll go on trying, and the day we stop trying we stop living! It is one of the major oddities out of Hammer Films, a nutty slice of fantasy adventure sci-fi, resplendent with rubbery effects work, an incoherent screenplay, auto-cue hammy acting and obligatory humongous cleav ....
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_**Weird "Ship of Fools" meets Jules Verne adventure**_ Hammer’s psychotronic “The Lost Continent” (1968) was based on Dennis Wheatley’s 1938 book “Uncharted Seas,” his second of three "Lost World" novels. The story concerns the mostly disagreeable passengers & crew of an old fre ....
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