Information
Release DateSeptember 13, 1951
Runtime4h 12m
StatusReleased
ProductionColumbia Pictures
LanguagesEnglish
5.3
4 votesPopularity1
Mysterious Island
"SEE Sensational Inter-Space Serial Thrills...as Mercury Space Ship Invades..."
Synopsis
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.
Cast & Crew
Director
Featured 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
