Atlantis: The Lost Continent (1961)
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- Approved
- 1h 30min
- Adventure, Sci-Fi
- 03 May 1961 (USA)
- Movie
Welcome to Atlantis, where royal guardsmen wear uniforms that could easily be from the wardrobe of Ming the Merciless and some unfortunate slaves are turned into bovine-headed beasts.
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Cast verified as complete
| Sal Ponti | ... |
Demetrios
(as Anthony Hall)
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| Joyce Taylor | ... |
Antillia
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| John Dall | ... |
Zaren
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| William Smith | ... |
Captain of the Guard
(as Bill Smith)
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| Edward Platt | ... |
Azor
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| Frank DeKova | ... |
Sonoy
(as Frank De Kova)
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| Berry Kroeger | ... |
Surgeon
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| Edgar Stehli | ... |
King Kronas
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| Wolfe Barzell | ... |
Petros
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| Jay Novello | ... |
Xandros
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| Paul Frees | ... |
Narrator / multiple voices (voice)
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Nina Borget | ... |
Noblewoman (uncredited)
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| Chet Brandenburg | ... |
Citizen (uncredited)
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| George Bruggeman | ... |
Guard (uncredited)
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Alan Callow | ... |
Norseman Slave (uncredited)
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| Charles Cirillo | ... |
Slave (uncredited)
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| Phyllis Douglas | ... |
Girl (uncredited)
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Dennis Durney | ... |
Norseman (uncredited)
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David Dyer | ... |
Priest (uncredited)
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Daniel Elam | ... |
Slave (uncredited)
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Ella Ethridge | ... |
Woman (uncredited)
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Harry Fleer | ... |
Governor of Science (uncredited)
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Wesley Gale | ... |
Slave (uncredited)
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George Golden | ... |
Nobleman (uncredited)
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Marv Goux | ... |
Slave (uncredited)
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Raven Grey Eagle | ... |
Slave (uncredited)
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| John Hart | ... |
Nobleman (uncredited)
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Foster Hood | ... |
Slave (uncredited)
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| Jimmie Horan | ... |
Slave (uncredited)
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| Charles Horvath | ... |
Nobleman (uncredited)
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Claire James | ... |
Noblewoman (uncredited)
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| Roy Jenson | ... |
Guard (uncredited)
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Bobby Johnson | ... |
Slave (uncredited)
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| I. Stanford Jolley | ... |
Governor of Rivers (uncredited)
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| Pete Kellett | ... |
Guard (uncredited)
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Robert 'Big Buck' Maffei | ... |
Andex the Giant (uncredited)
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Thomas Martin | ... |
Nobleman (uncredited)
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David O. McCall | ... |
Slave (uncredited)
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Jim Michael | ... |
Slave (uncredited)
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Tony Monaco | ... |
Handsome Young Man (uncredited)
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Mike Morelli | ... |
Slave (uncredited)
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| Byron Morrow | ... |
Governor of the Mountains (uncredited)
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| Charles Morton | ... |
(uncredited)
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Stuart Nedd | ... |
Governor of the Seas (uncredited)
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| Nestor Paiva | ... |
Megalos (uncredited)
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Emma Palmese | ... |
Noblewoman (uncredited)
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Jose Portugal | ... |
Slave (uncredited)
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Guy Prescott | ... |
Map Maker (uncredited)
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Péter Pál | ... |
Slave (uncredited)
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| Gene Roth | ... |
Governor of Animals (uncredited)
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| Phil Schumacher | ... |
Guard (uncredited)
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Jack Shea | ... |
Governor of the Air (uncredited)
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Edward C. Short | ... |
Slave (uncredited)
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Ralph Smiley | ... |
Pavlo (uncredited)
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Vincent St. Cyr | ... |
Slave (uncredited)
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Paul Stathes | ... |
Merchant (uncredited)
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Robert Strong | ... |
Guard (uncredited)
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Maxie Thrower | ... |
Slave (uncredited)
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Hal Torey | ... |
Governor of Agriculture (uncredited)
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Danny Truppi | ... |
Slave (uncredited)
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| Guy Way | ... |
Guard (uncredited)
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| Will J. White | ... |
Officer (uncredited)
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| Estelita Zarco | ... |
Noblewoman (uncredited)
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Directed by
| George Pal | ||
Written by
| Daniel Mainwaring | ... | (screenplay) |
| Gerald Hargreaves | ... | (play "Atalanta: A Story of Atlantis") (as Sir Gerald Hargreaves) |
Produced by
| George Pal | ... | producer |
Music by
| Russell Garcia | ||
Cinematography by
| Harold E. Wellman | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
| Ben Lewis | ||
Editorial Department
| Charles K. Hagedon | ... | color consultant |
Art Direction by
| George W. Davis | ||
| William Ferrari | ||
Set Decoration by
| Henry Grace | ||
| Richard Pefferle | ... | (as Dick Pefferle) |
Makeup Department
| Mary Keats | ... | hair stylist |
| John Truwe | ... | makeup artist |
| William Tuttle | ... | makeup artist |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Ridgeway Callow | ... | assistant director |
Sound Department
| Franklin Milton | ... | recording supervisor |
| Carl Mahakian | ... | sound editor (uncredited) |
| William Steinkamp | ... | sound re-recordist (uncredited) |
Special Effects by
| A. Arnold Gillespie | ... | special effects |
| Robert R. Hoag | ... | special effects |
| Lee LeBlanc | ... | special effects |
Visual Effects by
| Wah Chang | ... | visual effects (uncredited) |
| Jim Danforth | ... | stop-motion animator (uncredited) |
| Gene Warren | ... | visual effects (uncredited) |
| Matthew Yuricich | ... | matte paintings (uncredited) |
Stunts
| Paul Baxley | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
| Charles Horvath | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
| Roy Jenson | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Music Department
| Alex Alexander | ... | musician: cello (uncredited) |
| Russell Garcia | ... | conductor (uncredited) |
| Virginia Majewski | ... | musician: viola (uncredited) |
| Uan Rasey | ... | musician: trumpet (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
| Gae Griffith | ... | assistant to producer (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1961) (United States) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1961) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Metro (1961) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1962) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1964) (United States) (tv) (broadcast premiere)
- Alive Vertrieb und Marketing (2015) (Germany) (DVD)
- Cire Films (Spain)
- Endless Classics (2016) (Germany) (Blu-ray) (PAL DVD also included)
- Image Entertainment (1996) (United States) (video) (LaserDisc)
- MGM Home Entertainment (United States) (VHS)
- MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1993) (United States) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (2010) (United States) (DVD) (dvdr)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Project Unlimited (animation)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
A Greek Fisherman brings an Atlantean Princess back to her homeland which is the mythical city of Atlantis. He is enslaved for his trouble. The King is being manipulated by an evil sorcerer who is bent on using a natural resource of Atlantis to take over the world. The Atlanteans, or rather the slaves of Atlantis, are forced to mine a crystalline material which absorbs the suns rays. These crystals can then be used for warmth. The misuse of science has created weapons out of the crystals that can fire a heat ray to destroy whatever it touches.
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| Taglines | SIGHTS NEVER BEFORE SEEN - Adventure never before experienced! See more » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Following a preview of the film, a questionnaire was distributed among the viewers asking what scene they liked. One person answered, "The scene where Robert Taylor saved Deborah Kerr from the fire." This was in reference to the fact that much of the stock footage used in the film came from Quo Vadis (1951). See more » |
| Goofs | Obvious stunt double for Demetrios during the Ordeal of Fire and Water and the rope-hanging scene. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Edited from Quo Vadis (1951). See more » |
| Crazy Credits | For once in his life, Paul Frees gets an on-screen credit for a voice-over job, the narration in the opening and closing sequences. Strangely, he is billed not in the cast list, but in the technical credits. See more » |
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Narrator: When Columbus discovered America, a series of mysteries arose to confound the scholars of Europe. Here are two continents, completely isolated from each other, yet they simultaneously developed similar cultures. For example, the Mayans measured time on the same principle as the Gregorian calendar of Europe. They used the same signs of the zodiac, the same decimal and mathematical system. They valued silver and gold, using both for jewelry and barter. Another mystery was the banana plant, a native of Asia that cannot be grown from seed, yet Columbus found it thriving in the New World. Elephants at that time did not exist in the Americas, yet their likenesses were cleaved on the walls of prehistoric caves in Peru. The pyramids in Mexico and in Egypt were built on identical architectural principles. Then there was the striking resemblance of a witch of Spain, and the witch depicted in the New World. But the most significant of all, Mayan and Aztec legends shared with Greek and Hebrew and Assyrian literature an account of a terrible deluge, a deluge many believe had destroyed the link, the mother empire, that had spread her civilization to both sides of the Atlantic. The Greek scholar Plato recorded this theory first, over two thousand years ago. There was once another continent: Atlantis: The Lost Continent. See more » |