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.
Genre: Science Fiction, Adventure, Action, Fantasy
Stars: Richard Crane, Marshall Reed, Karen Randle, Ralph Hodges, Gene Roth, Hugh Prosser
Crew: Lewis Clay (Screenplay), Jules Verne (Novel), Royal K. Cole (Screenplay), Spencer Gordon Bennet (Director), George H. Plympton (Screenplay), R. M. Andrews (Assistant Director)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studio: Columbia Pictures
Runtime: 252 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Sep 13, 1951
IMDb: 5.7
