The Lost World (1960 film)

This article is about the 1960 film. For for other uses, see The Lost World.

The Lost World
Original 1960 theatrical poster
Directed by	Irwin Allen
Produced by	Irwin Allen Cliff Reid
Written by	Irwin Allen Charles Bennett A. Conan Doyle (novel)
Starring	Michael Rennie Jill St. John David Hedison Claude Rains Fernando Lamas
Music by	Paul Sawtell Bert Shefter
Cinematography	Winton C. Hoch
Editing by	Hugh S. Fowler
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date(s)	July 13, 1960 (USA)
Running time	97 min.
Country	U.S.A.
Language	English
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The Lost World is a 1960 science fiction adventure film based on the novel of the same name by Arthur Conan Doyle and directed by Irwin Allen. The plot of the film revolves around the exploration of a mysterious flat mountain in the heart of unknown Venezuela inhabitated by cannibalistic natives, dinosaurs, giant carnivorous plants, and giant spiders.

Special effects for the film were rather simple and involved monitor lizards, iguanas, and crocodiles affixed with miniature horns and fins. This technique has been given the nickname slurpasaur by fans.

[edit] Featured cast

Actor	Role
Michael Rennie	Lord John Roxton
Jill St. John	Jennifer Holmes
David Hedison	Ed Malone
Claude Rains	Professor George Edward Challenger
Fernando Lamas	Manuel Gomez
Richard Haydn	Prof. Summerlee
Ray Stricklyn	David Holmes
Jay Novello	Costa
Ian Wolfe	Burton White
John Graham	Stuart Holmes
Colin Campbell	Prof. Waldron
Vitina Marcus	Native Girl

Irwin Allen utilized stock footage from this film for episodes of his various TV series, including Land of the Giants, Lost in Space, Time Tunnel, and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series). In 1966, Irwin Allen even tried to sell a TV series based on the film as he had done with Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea but was unsuccessful.^[1]