Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (1965)
1965 · Feature film · 78 min · dir. Curtis Harrington
- Science Fiction
- Adventure
Synopsis
In 2020, after the colonization of the moon, the spaceships Vega, Sirius and Capella are launched from Lunar Station 7. They are to explore Venus under the command of Professor Hartman, but an asteroid collides and explodes Capella. The leader ship Vega stays orbiting and sends the astronauts Kern and Sherman with the robot John to the surface of Venus, but they have problems with communication with Dr. Marsha Evans in Vega. The Sirius lands in Venus and Commander Brendan Lockhart, Andre Ferneau and Hans Walter explore the planet and are attacked by prehistoric animals. They use a vehicle to seek Kern and Sherman while collecting samples from the planet. Meanwhile John helps the two cosmonauts to survive in the hostile land. Re-edited version of Soviet sci-fi Planet of Storms (1962) by Pavel Klushantsev, dubbed into English with additional scenes.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Curtis Harrington
- Writer
- Curtis Harrington
- Composer
- Ronald Stein
- Cinematography
- Vilis Lapenieks
- Studio
- Roger Corman Productions, American-International Television (AIP-TV)
- Released
- 1965-08-01
- Running time
- 78 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Feature Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (1965)
Cast & crew
Curtis Harrington Director
Basil Rathbone
Faith Domergue- John Bix
- Marc Shannon
Christopher Brand- Lewis Keane
