1951
5.3 (3 votes)
4h 12m
Genres
Science Fiction
Adventure
Action
Fantasy
Production Companies
Columbia Pictures
Mysterious Island
SEE Sensational Inter-Space Serial Thrills...as Mercury Space Ship Invades...
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet
Screenplay: Lewis Clay, Royal K. Cole, George H. Plympton
Producer: Sam Katzman
Director of Photography: Fayte M. Browne
