A Victorian era scientist and his assistant take a test run in their Iron Mole drilling machine and end up in a strange underground labyrinth ruled by a species of giant telepathic bird and full of prehistoric monsters and cavemen.
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Production Details
An Amicus Production
Produced at
Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
89 Mins
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Hammer Connections
Crew | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Hidden | Death | Age | Hammer Productions |
Continuity | Doreen Soan | 50 | 1 Jan 1926 | 01.01.1926 | 98 | 3 | |
Director Of Photography | Alan Hume | 51 | 15 Oct 1924 | 13 Jul 2010 | 85 | 1 | |
Dubbing Mixer | Gordon K. McCallum | 57 | 25 May 1919 | 10 Sep 1989 | 70 | 1 | |
Dubbing Mixer | Ken Barker | 58 | 31 Dec 1917 | 13 Feb 2001 | 83 | 10 | |
Film Editing | John Ireland | 62 | 29 Jan 1914 | 21 Mar 1992 | 78 | 1 | |
First Assistant Director | Jack Causey | 62 | 31 Dec 1913 | 1 Jan 1977 | 63 | 6 | |
Make-Up Artist | Neville Smallwood | 54 | 10 Apr 1922 | 1 Nov 2004 | 82 | 1 | |
Music | Michael Vickers | 35 | 18 Apr 1941 | 18.04.1941 | 83 | 1 | |
Music Player | Michael Vickers | 35 | 18 Apr 1941 | 18.04.1941 | 83 | 1 | |
Production Design By | Maurice Carter | 63 | 24 Apr 1913 | 1 Apr 2000 | 86 | 1 | |
Sound Mixer | George Stephenson | 56 | 18 May 1920 | 5 Jun 2001 | 81 | 1 | |
Stunt Arranger | Joe Powell | 54 | 20 Mar 1922 | 30 Jun 2016 | 94 | 1 | |
Cast | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Hidden | Death | Age | Hammer Productions |
Dia | Caroline Munro | 27 | 16 Jan 1949 | 16.01.1949 | 75 | 2 | |
Dr. Abner Perry | Peter Cushing | 63 | 23 May 1913 | 11 Aug 1994 | 81 | 25 | |
Hoojah | Sean Lynch | 42 | 31 Dec 1933 | 1 Jan 1979 | 45 | 1 | |
Sagoth Chief | Bobby Parr | 34 | 12 May 1942 | 12.05.1942 | 82 | 1 |