Movie

Mysterious Island

★ 6.6/10 · 7 votes 1951 4h 12m Released

Science FictionAdventureActionFantasy

It is 1865 and Union prisoners use a military balloon to escape a Southern prison camp near the end of the Civil War. The balloon drifts for days and finally lands on a mysterious volcanic island with very unusual inhabitants. Also landing, in a better aircraft, is Rulu, a visitor from Mercury. She seeks a radio-active material that will enable her to manufacture an explosive that will destroy the world or, at least, the portion known as Earth in this 15 Chapter Serial from the 1950s.

Cast

Richard Crane Capt. Cyrus Harding Marshall Reed Jack Pencroft Karen Randle Rulu of Mercury R Ralph Hodges Herbert 'Bert' Brown Gene Roth Pirate Capt. Shard Hugh Prosser Gideon Spillet