At the Earth's Core (film)

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At the Earth's Core
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Directed by	Kevin Connor
Produced by	John Dark Max Rosenberg Milton Subotsky
Written by	Edgar Rice Burroughs (novel) Milton Subotsky
Starring	Peter Cushing Doug McClure Caroline Munro
Music by	Mike Vickers
Cinematography	Alan Hume
Distributed by	American International Pictures
Release date(s)	July 1976
Running time	89 min.
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
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At the Earth's Core is a 1976 science fiction film, produced by Britain's Amicus Productions, directed by Kevin Connor and starring Peter Cushing, Caroline Munro and Doug McClure. It was filmed in Technicolor. It was based on the science fiction novel At the Earth's Core, by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the first book of his Pellucidar series, in token of which the film is also known as Edgar Rice Burroughs' At the Earth's Core. The original music score was composed by Mike Vickers. The film's tagline is: "Take the most terrifying journey of your life!"

1 Plot summary
2 Main cast
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Plot summary

Dr. Abner Perry, a Victorian period scientist (Cushing), and his American financier David Innes (McClure) make a test run of their Iron Mole drilling machine in a Welsh mountain, but end up in a strange underground labyrinth ruled by a species of giant telepathic flying-reptile, and full of prehistoric monsters and cavemen. They are captured by the Mahars, intelligent, flying reptiles that keep primitive humans as their slaves through mind control. David falls for the beautiful slave girl Princess Dia, but when she is chosen as a sacrificial victim in the Mahar city, David must organize the humans to rebellion to save her.