Mysterious Island

Overview

It is 1865 and Union prisoners use a military balloon to escape a Southern prison camp near the end of the Civil War. The balloon drifts for days and finally lands on a mysterious volcanic island with very unusual inhabitants. Also landing, in a better aircraft, is Rulu, a visitor from Mercury. She seeks a radio-active material that will enable her to manufacture an explosive that will destroy the world or, at least, the portion known as Earth in this 15 Chapter Serial from the 1950s.

Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet

Top cast

Richard Crane

Capt. Cyrus Harding

Marshall Reed

Jack Pencroft

Karen Randle

Rulu of Mercury

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Ralph Hodges

Herbert 'Bert' Brown

Gene Roth

Pirate Capt. Shard

Hugh Prosser

Gideon Spillet

Leonard Penn

Capt. Nemo

Terry Frost

Ayrton - The Wild Man

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Rusty Wescoatt

Moley - Shard Henchman

Bernie Hamilton

Neb

William Fawcett

Mr. Jackson

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George Robotham

Mercurian

Stanley Blystone

Confederate Officer

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Roy Butler

Thug in Park

Frank Ellis

Pirate

Knox Manning

Narrator (voice)

Zon Murray

Thug in Park

Frank O'Connor

Confederate Officer

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Sid Ross

Mercurian

Tom Tyler

Union Dispatch Rider

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