Mysterious Island

Name: Mysterious Island
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet
Genre: Science Fiction, Adventure, Action, Fantasy
Released: 1951-09-13
Duration: 4 h 12 min
Rating: 5.6
Cast: Richard Crane, Marshall Reed, Karen Randle, Ralph Hodges, Gene Roth

Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet

19514h 12m5.6

Overview

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.