
Mysterious Island
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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.
Mysterious Island
Rating
5.3/10
Release Date
1951-09-13
Runtime
252 minutes
Status
Released
Cast

Richard Crane
Capt. Cyrus Harding

Marshall Reed
Jack Pencroft

Karen Randle
Rulu of Mercury

Ralph Hodges
Herbert 'Bert' Brown

Gene Roth
Pirate Capt. Shard

Hugh Prosser
Gideon Spillet

Leonard Penn
Capt. Nemo

Terry Frost
Ayrton - The Wild Man

Rusty Wescoatt
Moley - Shard Henchman

Bernie Hamilton
Neb

William Fawcett
Mr. Jackson

George Robotham
Mercurian
Production Companies

Columbia Pictures