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Two Lost Worlds | |
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Directed by | Norman Dawn |
Written by | Tom Hubbard/Phyllis Parker/Boris Petroff (story)/Bill Shaw |
Produced by | Boris Petroff |
Starring | James Arness Kasey Rogers |
Cinematography | Harry Neumann |
Edited by | Fred R. Feitshans Jr. |
Music by | Alex Alexander |
Distributed by | Sterling Productions Inc. Eagle-Lion films |
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Running time | 61 minutes |
Language | English |
Two Lost Worlds is a 1951 science fiction/adventure film directed by Norman Dawn and starring James Arness and Laura Elliott. The film was produced independently by Boris Petroff (dba Sterling Productions Inc.) from his original story. The film was scripted by Phyllis Parker (with later, added scenes written by Tom Hubbard and voice-over narrative by Bill Shaw), and distributed by Eagle-Lion Classics Inc., with a 1952 reissue by Classic Pictures Inc.
The year is 1830. The American clipper ship, the Hamilton Queen, is attacked by pirates in the New Hebrides (present day Vanuatu). The ship's mate Kirk Hamilton is wounded and heads to Queensland, Australia for medical treatment. While at the hospital, he meets and falls in love with Elaine Jeffries (Rogers), the fiancée of Martin Shannon a rancher. A romantic rivalry develops and the pirates, who attacked Kirk and his ship kidnap her along with her friend, Nancy Holden. Kirk and Shannon pursue the pirates and they soon wind up on a volcanic island inhabited by dinosaurs.
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