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.
Production Details
An Amicus Production
Produced at
Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
89 Mins
Stills from film
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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 |
Original Poster
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Footnotes
Actor/stuntman Bobby Parr lost a finger during a fight sequence with Doug McClure that went wrong.