Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (1965)

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Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet on IMDb 3.6/10 1,180 votes

Released:
1965-08-01

Overview:
In 2020, after the colonization of the moon, the spaceships Vega, Sirius and Capella are launched from Lunar Station 7. They are to explore Venus under the command of Professor Hartman, but an asteroid collides and explodes Capella. The leader ship Vega stays orbiting and sends the astronauts Kern and Sherman with the robot John to the surface of Venus, but they have problems with communication with Dr. Marsha Evans in Vega. The Sirius lands in Venus and Commander Brendan Lockhart, Andre Ferneau and Hans Walter explore the planet and are attacked by prehistoric animals. They use a vehicle to seek Kern and Sherman while collecting samples from the planet. Meanwhile John helps the two cosmonauts to survive in the hostile land.

Directors:
Curtis Harrington, Pavel Klushantsev

Runtime:
1h 18min

Genre:
Science Fiction, Adventure

  • Cast:
  • Basil Rathbone
    as
    Prof. Hartman, Lunar 7
  • Faith Domergue
    as
    Dr. Marsha Evans, Vega
  • John Bix
    as
    John the Robot
  • Gennadi Vernov
    as
    Andre Ferneau, Sirius (archive footage)
  • Georgi Zhzhyonov
    as
    Hans Walter, Sirius (archive footage)