Unknown Way To Make a Movie

UNKNOWN WORLD-1951-Very low budget drama from Lippert Studios about a group of scientists (and their playboy financier (Bruce Kellogg)) who use a special machine, The Cyclotram to journey into the Earth and find a new habitable place for mankind. They encounter lots or rocks, gas and water shortages but not much else.

The scientist who leads the expedition is played by Victor Kilian but he doesn’t receive any credit. According to the IMDB he was blacklisted shortly after making this movie and his name was purposely left off the credits! He later became very well known playing the grandfather on MARY HARTMAN MARY HARTMAN but he was killed by burglars in 1979.

Another scientist is played by familiar character Otto Waldis. A woman scientist (Marilyn Nash) provides some love interest.

UW is very cheap and fails to deliver any thrills or surprises. I remember watching this flick as a kid with my friend John in the early ’70’s. We kept waiting for some monsters to show up. We’re still waiting!

Although chiefly an editor Terry O. Morse directed other low budget films including BRITISH INTELLIGENCE with Boris Karloff and a couple of Charlie Chan entries. He also directed the inserted American scenes in the original GODZILLA.

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