The Lost Continent – 1968

A Seven Arts-Hammer Film production presented by Associated British Pathe Limited and released through Warner-Pathe Limited (UK) and Twentieth Century-Fox (USA)
Copyright MCMlXVIII Hammer Film Productions Limited – All rights reserved
MPAA Approved Certificate

The characters and incidents portrayed and the names used herein are fictitious and any similarity to the name, character, or history of any person is entirely accidental and unintentional

RCA Sound Recording
Made at the Elstree Studios of Associated British Productions Limited, Herts, England
Technicolor 98 mins

Storyline

A leaky, decrepit boat bearing an illegal and highly dangerous cargo of phosphorus sets out from Africa on the long voyage to Caracas. Also on board is a motley collection of misfit passengers, all with shady pasts which they are keen to escape. When the captain/owner Lansen ignores a hurricane warning, most of his crew desert the boat, which is now in danger of being blown apart by the explosives in the hold. Lansen and the passengers insist on going on, but soon drift into the Sargasso Sea, filled with terrifying monsters and the remains of ancient galleons. Then they discover a land peopled by the descendants of fanatical Spanish conquistadors and ruled by a young boy known as ‘El Diablo’.

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Crew


Function	Credited	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Credits
Art Director	Arthur Lawson	60	1908		1970	62	1
Assistant Art Director	Don Picton	51	22 Feb 1916		1 Nov 1981	65	15
Assistant Director	Dominic Fulford	48	19 Aug 1919		23 Apr 2007	87	1
Associate Producer	Peter Manley	43	28 Nov 1924		19 Nov 2009	84	1
Camera Operator	Russell Thompson	57	30 Sep 1910		1 Jul 2003	92	1
Casting	Irene Lamb						9
Consultant	Arthur Hayward	79	1889		1972	83	1
Continuity	Doreen Soan	42	1926	01.01.1926		95	3
Costume Designer	Carl Toms	40	29 May 1927		4 Aug 1999	72	7
Directed by	Michael Carreras	40	21 Dec 1927		19 Apr 1994	66	83
Director of Photography	Paul Beeson, BSc	46	16 Nov 1921		19 Jul 2001	79	3
Editor	Chris Barnes	30	1938		5 Jun 2009	71	21
From the novel "Uncharted Seas" by	Dennis Wheatley	70	8 Jan 1897		10 Nov 1977	80	3
Hairdresser	Elsie Alder	62	2 Nov 1905		1973	67	8
Make-up	George Partleton	58	21 Jan 1909		17 Oct 1992	83	6
Modeller	Arthur Fehr	70	1898		1990	92	1
Music Composed by	Gerard Schurmann	43	10 Jan 1924		24 Mar 2020	96	2
Musical Supervisor	Philip Martell	60	6 Oct 1907		11 Aug 1993	85	103
Produced by	Michael Carreras	40	21 Dec 1927		19 Apr 1994	66	83
Recording Supervisor	A.W. Lumkin	54	2 Feb 1913		25 Oct 1985	72	30
Screenplay by	Michael Nash (Michael Carreras)	40	21 Dec 1927		19 Apr 1994	66	83
Songs by	Roy Phillips	24	5 May 1941		Living	80	1
Sound Editor	Roy Baker	40	1 Jul 1927		1 Feb 2011	83	29
Sound Mixer	Dennis Whitlock	40	1928		2008	80	13
Special Effects	Cliff Richardson	62	20 Feb 1905		5 Dec 1985	80	1
Special Effects	Robert A. Mattey	57	27 Jun 1910		14 Jan 1993	82	1
Sung by	The Peddlers						1
Supervising Editor	James Needs	48	17 Oct 1919		4 Feb 2003	83	111
Wardrobe	Mary Gibson						13

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Appearances
Braemar	Charles Houston	37	1931		2006	75	5
Captain Lansen	Eric Porter	39	8 Apr 1928		15 May 1995	67	2
Chief	James Cossins	34	4 Dec 1933		12 Feb 1997	63	5
Customs Man	Horace James	40	1928		17 Jun 2000	72	2
Customs Man	Mark Heath	42	1926		2015	89	2
El Diablo	Darryl Read	16	19 Sep 1951		22 Jun 2013	61	1
Eva	Hildegard Knef	42	28 Dec 1925		1 Feb 2002	76	1
Helmsman	Reg Lye	55	14 Oct 1912		23 Mar 1987	74	2
Hemmings	Neil McCallum	38	20 May 1929		26 Apr 1976	46	2
Hurri Curri	Shivendra Sinha						1
Inquisitor	Eddie Powell	40	9 Mar 1927		11 Aug 2000	73	2
Jason	Alf Joint	40	22 Sep 1927		25 Jul 2005	77	1
Jonathan	Norman Eshley	22	30 May 1945	30.05.1945		76	1
Mate	Victor Maddern	39	16 Mar 1928		22 Jun 1993	65	2
Pat	Jimmy Hanley	49	22 Oct 1918		13 Jan 1970	51	2
Ricaldi	Benito Carruthers	31	14 Aug 1936		27 Sep 1983	47	1
Sarah	Dana Gillespie	18	30 Mar 1949	30.03.1949		72	1
Sea Lawyer	Michael Ripper	54	27 Jan 1913		28 Jun 2000	87	34
Sergeant	Frank Hayden	39	1929		1988	59	4
Sparks	Donald Sumpter	24	13 Feb 1943	13.02.1943		78	1
Tyler	Tony Beckley	40	7 Oct 1927		19 Apr 1980	52	1
Unity	Suzanna Leigh	22	26 Jul 1945		11 Dec 2017	72	3
Webster	Nigel Stock	48	21 Sep 1919		22 Jun 1986	66	1

Production


FILMING BEGAN	11 September 1967
UK RELEASE	14 July 1968
STUDIO	Elstree Studios of Associated British Picture Corporation, Hertfordshire, England

Footnotes

The screenplay for this film was written by Michael Carreras under the pen-name Michael Nash, which was apparently the name of his gardener.

Special Effects man Robert A. Mattey went on to create the famous shark for Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster, “Jaws” (1975).

Details were complied viewing the actual film.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection