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Cast: Dana Andrews, Janette Scott, Kieron Moore
Genre: Sci Fi
Length: 96 minutes
An international team of scientist in Tanganyika, Africa are working on penetrating the Earth's crust for Project Inner Space. A project designed to bore through the Earth's mantle so geothermal energy can be tapped. One of the scientist is secretly dying, (Dana Andrews). He wants to see his ideas come to fruition while he still has time. So he decides to use an atomic missile to burn through the dense layer of material that sets above the Earth's crust. With hopes of reaching the magma below. Despite warnings from other scientist that the lower layers of the planet have been weakened by years of underground Atomic testing, and a nuclear device detonated in the Earth could potential destroy the world. They go forward with his plans... n what will become the worlds most dangerous scientific experiment.
Crack in the World is a fun, action sci fi flick from 1965. The scientist do the unthinkable and shot a nuclear missile into the Earth's core and whoops, they crack the Earth in two!
The special effects for this are pretty darn good and for it's age this film still holds up very well. Despite it's highly speculative nature, the film makes sense when you watch it and the science behind the expirement is based on fact and that makes this much better than one would think...and is exciting and well done too.
While these dangerous events are happening the elderly scientist much younger wife falls for her old boyfriend. The romance part is played out well and never gets in the way of the excitement.
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Crack in the World (1965)
Director: Andrew MartonCast: Dana Andrews, Janette Scott, Kieron Moore
Genre: Sci Fi
Length: 96 minutes
An international team of scientist in Tanganyika, Africa are working on penetrating the Earth's crust for Project Inner Space. A project designed to bore through the Earth's mantle so geothermal energy can be tapped. One of the scientist is secretly dying, (Dana Andrews). He wants to see his ideas come to fruition while he still has time. So he decides to use an atomic missile to burn through the dense layer of material that sets above the Earth's crust. With hopes of reaching the magma below. Despite warnings from other scientist that the lower layers of the planet have been weakened by years of underground Atomic testing, and a nuclear device detonated in the Earth could potential destroy the world. They go forward with his plans... n what will become the worlds most dangerous scientific experiment.
Crack in the World is a fun, action sci fi flick from 1965. The scientist do the unthinkable and shot a nuclear missile into the Earth's core and whoops, they crack the Earth in two!
The special effects for this are pretty darn good and for it's age this film still holds up very well. Despite it's highly speculative nature, the film makes sense when you watch it and the science behind the expirement is based on fact and that makes this much better than one would think...and is exciting and well done too.
While these dangerous events are happening the elderly scientist much younger wife falls for her old boyfriend. The romance part is played out well and never gets in the way of the excitement.
Dana Andrews is the aging scientist Dr. Sorenson. His younger wife Maggie (Janette Scott) begins to have feelings for her old boyfriend.
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