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 |
Carpenter | Steve Furneaux | 1 | |||||
Continuity | Doreen Soan | 50 | 1926 | 01.01.1926 | 98 | 6 | |
Director Of Photography | Alan Hume | 51 | 16 Oct 1924 | 13 Jul 2010 | 85 | 1 | |
Dubbing Mixer | Ken Barker | 58 | 1918 | 13 Feb 2001 | 83 | 10 | |
Dubbing Mixer | Gordon McCallum | 57 | 26 May 1919 | 10 Sep 1989 | 70 | 1 | |
Film Editing | John Ireland | 62 | 30 Jan 1914 | 21 Mar 1992 | 78 | 1 | |
First Assistant Director | Jack Causey | 62 | 1914 | 1977 | 63 | 7 | |
Make-Up Artist | Neville Smallwood | 54 | 11 Apr 1922 | Nov 2004 | 82 | 1 | |
Music | 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 | |
Production Manager | Graham Easton | 30 | 26 Jun 1946 | 26.06.1946 | 78 | 2 | |
Scenic Artist | Bill Beavis | 61 | 9 Aug 1914 | 7 Feb 1997 | 82 | 2 | |
Sound Mixer | George Stephenson | 56 | 19 May 1920 | 5 Jun 2001 | 81 | 1 | |
Sound Mixer | Tony Dawe | 35 | 26 Sep 1940 | 26.09.1940 | 84 | 1 | |
Stunt Arranger | Joe Powell | 54 | 21 Mar 1922 | 30 Jun 2016 | 94 | 3 | |
wardrobe supervisor | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/rosemary-burrows/# | 41 | |||||
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 | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/peter-cushing/# | 63 | 26 May 1913 | 11 Aug 1994 | 81 | 25 | |
Hoojah | Sean Lynch | 41 | 7 Oct 1934 | 1979 | 44 | 1 | |
Photographer | Robert Gillespie | 42 | 9 Nov 1933 | 09.11.1933 | 90 | 1 | |
Reporter | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/george-hilsdon/# | 69 | 25 Apr 1907 | 28 May 1982 | 75 | 7 | |
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.