At the Earth's Core (film)
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 film poster by Tom Chantrell |
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| Directed by | Kevin Connor |
| Produced by | John Dark Max Rosenberg Milton Subotsky |
| Written by | Edgar Rice Burroughs (novel) Milton Subotsky |
| Starring | Peter Cushing Doug McClure Caroline Munro |
| Music by | Mike Vickers |
| Cinematography | Alan Hume |
| Distributed by | American International Pictures (Sony Pictures Entertainment) |
| Release date(s) | July 1976 |
| Running time | 89 min. |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
At the Earth's Core is a 1976 science fiction film produced by Britain's Amicus Productions. It was directed by Kevin Connor and starred Peter Cushing, Caroline Munro, Philippa Herring and Doug McClure. It was filmed in Technicolor. It was based on the science fiction novel At the Earth's Core, by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the first book of his Pellucidar series, in token of which the film is also known as Edgar Rice Burroughs' At the Earth's Core. The original music score was composed by Mike Vickers.
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[edit] Plot summary
Dr. Abner Perry, a Victorian period scientist (Cushing), and his American financier David Innes (McClure) make a test run of their Iron Mole drilling machine in a Welsh mountain, but end up in a strange underground labyrinth ruled by a species of giant telepathic flying reptiles, the Mahars, and full of prehistoric monsters and cavemen. They are captured by the Mahars, who keep primitive humans as their slaves through mind control. David falls for the beautiful slave girl Princess Dia (Munro), but when she is chosen as a sacrificial victim in the Mahar city, David must organize the humans to rebel and save her.
[edit] Main cast
- Doug McClure - David Innes
- Peter Cushing - Dr. Abner Perry
- Caroline Munro - Princess Dia
- Cy Grant - Ra
- Godfrey James - Ghak
- Keith Barron - Dowsett
[edit] See also
- Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959 film)
- Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008 Asylum film) - A direct-to-DVD American film sharing similarities with this film
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