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The Lost World is a american film of genre Drama directed by Irwin Allen released in USA on 13 july 1960 with Michael Rennie
The Lost World (1960)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 13 july 1960
Length 1h37
Directed by Irwin Allen
OriginUSA
Themes Films about animals, Dinosaur films, La préhistoire, Animaux préhistoriques, Children's films
Rating55%
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.
Synopsis
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.Actors
Michael Rennie
(Lord John Roxton)
Jill St John
(Jennifer Holmes)
David Hedison
(Ed Malone)
Claude Rains
(Prof. George Edward Challenger)
Fernando Lamas
(Manuel Gomez)
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