The Land That Time Forgot (film)

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The Land That Time Forgot

Directed by	Kevin Connor
Produced by	John Dark Max Rosenberg
Written by	Book Author: Edgar Rice Burroughs Screenwriters: Michael Moorcock
Starring	Doug McClure Keith Barron
Music by	Douglas Gamley
Cinematography	Alan Hume
Editing by	John Ireland
Distributed by	American International Pictures
Release date(s)	13 August 1975
Running time	91 min.
Country	UK
Language	English
Followed by	The People That Time Forgot (film) 1977
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The Land That Time Forgot is a 1975 fantasy/adventure film based upon the 1918 novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The screenplay was written by Michael Moorcock. The film was produced by Britain's Amicus Productions and directed by Kevin Connor.

The cast included Doug McClure, John McEnery, Keith Barron, Susan Penhaligon, Anthony Ainley and character actor Declan Mulholland.

The story is set in World War I and involves the survivors of the sinking of a British merchant ship who are taken on board a German U-boat and travel to a fantastical land where dinosaurs still roam, co-existing with primitive man. The U-boat and ships were models and the dinosaurs (Allosaurs, Plesiosaurs, Triceratops, Styracosaurus, Pteranodon) were puppets, rather than stop-motion.

The poster opposite is rather fanciful, with little resemblance to the film it was advertising.

The film was a sleeper hit and inspired Amicus to make two more Burroughs adaptations, At the Earth's Core (1976), with McClure, Peter Cushing, and Caroline Munro, and The People That Time Forgot (1977), a direct sequel to Land starring Patrick Wayne, Sarah Douglas, and McClure in a cameo appearance. All three films were distributed in the United States by American International Pictures.

The film is a staple of British holiday television to this day and was also a regular for the Saturday morning children's cinemas.