The Incredible Petrified World

11/18/19591h 10m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ See women trapped in fantastic caverns at the center of Earth! ~

Overview:

When the cable breaks on their diving bell four people find themselves trapped in a hidden underwater world.

Director:

Jerry Warren

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

volcano
scuba diving
komodo dragon
underwater cave

Cast

John Carradine

~ as ~

Prof. Millard Wyman

Robert Clarke

~ as ~

Craig Randall

Phyllis Coates

~ as ~

Dale Marshall

Allen Windsor

~ as ~

Paul Whitmore

Sheila Noonan

~ as ~

Lauri Talbott

George Skaff

~ as ~

Dr. J.R. Matheny

Maurice Bernard

~ as ~

Old Man in the Caverns

Joe Maierhouser

~ as ~

Jim Wyman

Lloyd Nelson

~ as ~

Wilson, Sonar Man

Harry Raven

~ as ~

The Captain

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Reviews (2)

A
Ackmovie
Written 11 year(s) ago
8
This film is one of your typical late 50's B-Movies. The premise is somewhat believable, but just not enough. The direction is somewhat decent, but I've seen other, better B-movies.

I found this in Wal-Mart on one of those Mill Creek compilation DVD's.
CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
5
This could have made for quite a fun adventure, had the casting not been so terribly wooden! Four folks in a diving bell find them selves stranded in a network of caves. With now ay back to their colleagues on the surface, they must try to find a way out through the caverns - where they encounter their own equivalent of "Ben Gunn" (Maurice Bernard) who has already been down there for fourteen years. Meantime, topside, "Prof Wyman" (John Carradine) desperately tries to find a way to rescue them - but with the diving bell lost, can he find a way? There is a heck of a lot of back-projection and papier-mâché here. Not that that is so unusual, it's just that the cavernous scenarios and the really drab lighting make the film really quite dour to watch. It looks cheap! The dialogue and cast are just as mediocre, none of them stand out and the characterisations do tend to stereotype when things get perilous. If there was a budget, it went on the coffee - and I am afraid this is just not very good, interesting or captivating and you can spot the (magnified) archive footage a mile away.