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    Lost Continent, The (1968)

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    On their way to South America, the passengers and crew of an old freighter face many challenges. The captain has taken on illegal cargo – a dangerous consignment of phosphorous that will explode if it comes into contact with water – something that worries the crew but less so for the passengers who all seem to have good reasons to continue their trip.

    When the ship begins to take on water, some of the crew mutinies and eventually abandon ship. For those who stay aboard, they soon find themselves trapped in a huge bed of living carnivorous seaweed in the Sargasso Sea.

    They also find a Spanish galleon that has been trapped for several centuries and is now manned by the descendants of the inquisitors from the original Spanish Inquisition.

    Throw in a giant octopus with a glowing eye, a giant hermit crab, a giant scorpion and the giant gas balloons (fnarr! fnarr!) of Dana Gillespie and this is perhaps the strangest film to come out of Hammer Studios.

    Producer Michael Carreras fired original director Leslie Norman and took over as director. When he went over budget and schedule, his father, Hammer Films chief James Carreras, and the studio’s solicitors arrived on set to shut the production down.

    Captain Lansen
    Eric Porter
    Eva Peters
    Hildegard Knef
    Unity Webster
    Suzanna Leigh

    Harry Tyler

    Tony Beckley
    Dr Webster
    Nigel Stock
    First Officer Hemmings
    Neil McCallum
    Ricaldi
    Ben Carruthers
    Patrick
    Jimmy Hanley
    Sarah
    Dana Gillespie
    Nick (Chief Engineer)
    James Cossins
    Mate
    Victor Maddern
    Helmsman
    Reg Lye
    Jonathan
    Norman Eshley
    Sea Lawyer
    Michael Ripper
    Sparks
    Donald Sumpter
    Braemer
    Charles Houston
    Hurri Curri
    Shivendra Sinha
    El Diablo
    Darryl Read
    The Inquisitor
    Eddie Powell

    Director
    Michael Carreras
    Leslie Norman

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