Mysterious Island
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Mysterious Island

SEE Sensational Inter-Space Serial Thrills...as Mercury Space Ship Invades...

6.3 / 10 1951 4h 12mNR English
Science FictionAdventureActionFantasy

Storyline

It is 1865 and Union prisoners use a military balloon to escape a Southern prison camp near the end of the Civil War. The balloon drifts for days and finally lands on a mysterious volcanic island with very unusual inhabitants. Also landing, in a better aircraft, is Rulu, a visitor from Mercury. She seeks a radio-active material that will enable her to manufacture an explosive that will destroy the world or, at least, the portion known as Earth in this 15 Chapter Serial from the 1950s.

Cast & Crew

Richard Crane

Richard Crane

Capt. Cyrus Harding

Lead
Marshall Reed

Marshall Reed

Jack Pencroft

Karen Randle

Karen Randle

Rulu of Mercury

RH

Ralph Hodges

Herbert 'Bert' Brown

Gene Roth

Gene Roth

Pirate Capt. Shard

Hugh Prosser

Hugh Prosser

Gideon Spillet

Leonard Penn

Leonard Penn

Capt. Nemo

Terry Frost

Terry Frost

Ayrton - The Wild Man

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Spencer Gordon Bennet's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Mysterious Island is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker