(Mysterious Island)

Content: 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.

Countries:

United States of America

Genres:

Science Fiction,

Adventure,

Action,

Fantasy

Runtime:

252 minutes

Year:

1951

Directors:

Spencer Gordon Bennet

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Production companies:

Columbia Pictures

Actors:

Capt. Cyrus Harding

Jack Pencroft

Rulu of Mercury

Herbert 'Bert' Brown

Pirate Capt. Shard

Crews:

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