Terror from the Year 5000 (1958)

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Released:
1958-10-30

Overview:
Prof. Erling and his financial backer Victor build a prototype time machine to snatch objects from the past. Latest find, a statuette, radiometrically dates to 5200 AD! When this draws colleague Richard Hedges to the island lab, Erling reveals that 20th-century objects put in the machine seem to be "traded" for analogous future objects by intelligent life. And on the sly, Victor's been trying to get a living visitor. Does the future need help, or is the present in danger?

Director:
Robert J. Gurney Jr.

Runtime:
1h 10min

Genre:
Science Fiction

  • Cast:
  • Ward Costello
    as
    Dr. Robert Hedges
  • Joyce Holden
    as
    Claire Erling
  • Frederic Downs
    as
    Prof. Howard Erling
  • John Stratton
    as
    Victor
  • Salome Jens
    as
    Future Woman / Nurse