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The Lost Continent

Play trailer Poster for The Lost Continent Released Aug 17, 1951 1h 23m Sci-Fi Play Trailer Watchlist
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Air Force pilots (Cesar Romero, Chick Chandler) lead a search for a lost rocket and crash-land on an island of dinosaurs.

Critics Reviews

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David Parkinson Radio Times Once the rescue party finally discovers the rocket downed in the depths of the jungle, the stop-motion apatosaurus and angry triceratops that pitch up prove worth the wait. Rated: 3/5 Sep 29, 2023 Full Review TV Guide An American rocket ship crashes on a Pacific island where the dinosaurs still roam. Rated: 1.5/4 Mar 26, 2013 Full Review Mark Bourne DVDJournal.com Well, one positive thing might have come from this cheapie 1950s sci-fi flick. It's the births that resulted from backseat couplings when it played the drive-in circuit. Apr 7, 2006 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 3/5 Aug 12, 2005 Full Review Eric Lurio Greenwich Village Gazette Rated: 1/5 Jun 27, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Russ G Even by 1950's shlock sci-fi standards, this sucks infected donkey balls. I don't know how the producers got Caesar Romero in this as he generally rated far better scripts though a decade and a half later he was the Joker on Batman. I get Sid Melton [Alf the carpenter from Green Acres] and Hugh Beaumont [Ward Cleaver] collecting a paycheck and I recognized one or two other B-Lister's from other, better movies. I clicked on it just to see how bad it was and my answer is the same as other audience reviewers: Dreadful. You can fast-forward or skip through all the run-time filler rock climbing but there's nothing waiting for you at the conclusion so just say "Fug It!" Fortunately most of the audience for this back in '51 weren't at the drive-in to watch the movie. Not even good enough for your 1960's Saturday Creature Feature or Mystery Science Theatre 3000. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 12/31/24 Full Review Mike W It is ROTTEN! Rock climbing in a studio lasted forever. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 12/17/24 Full Review Audience Member Nice see old friends, Sid Melton (Green Acres), Whit Bissell (used be in Everything) Cesar Romero and Hugh Beaumont (father Beaver). Dialogue try be snappy. Plenty Gumby dinosaur! Mostly stinky movie but conclusion exciting. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member Another leaden B-movie ripping off every Lost World adaptation you've ever seen, and taking forever to do it. The usual soundstage jungles and stock footage and Cesar Romero trying his damnedest to elevate the banal script. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member A team consisting of military personnel and scientists crashes on an uncharted South Pacific Island whilst on a rescue mission for a downed atomic rocket. They meet a jungle goddess who points them in the direction of the wayward rocket. In order to reach it, the the group follows a treacherous path as they climb a lot of rocks to the top of a plateau only to be met with (not carnivorous, yet stop-motion) dinosaurs. Dinos 5/10 Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member Boring movie, Average MST3K episode. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Air Force pilots (Cesar Romero, Chick Chandler) lead a search for a lost rocket and crash-land on an island of dinosaurs.
Director
Sam Newfield
Producer
Sigmund Neufeld
Screenwriter
Carroll Young, Richard H. Landau, Orville H. Hampton
Production Co
Sigmund Neufeld Productions
Genre
Sci-Fi
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 17, 1951, Limited
Release Date (DVD)
Jun 28, 2005
Runtime
1h 23m