Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
During World War I, a German U-boat sinks a British passenger ship and takes the survivors aboard. After getting lost in fog, the submarine surfaces near the unknown island of Caprona, a lost world where they find dinosaurs and Neanderthals.
- island
- based on novel or book
- submarine
- world war i
- prehistoric creature
- dinosaur
- antarctica
- south sea island
- neanderthal
- lost island
The bill
Doug McClure
Bowen Tyler
John McEnery
Captain Von Schoenvorts
Susan Penhaligon
Lisa Clayton
Keith Barron
Bradley
- Anthony Ainley — Dietz
- Godfrey James — Borg
- Bobby Parr — Ahm
- Declan Mulholland — Olson
- Colin Farrell — Whiteley
- Ben Howard — Benson
- Roy Holder — Plesser
- Andrew McCulloch — Sinclair
- Ron Pember — Jones
- Grahame Mallard — Deusett
- Andrew Lodge — Reuther
- Directed
- Kevin Connor
- Written
- James Cawthorn, Michael Moorcock
Production
- Rating
- 5.7 / 10 · 203 ratings
- Studio
- Land Associates, Amicus Productions, Edgar Rice Burroughs, British Lion Films, American International Pictures
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1974 · You’re hereThe Land That Time Forgot
Where it starts.
The People That Time Forgot
1977
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The People That Time Forgot
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