Terror from the Year 5000
Scientists build a time machine to snatch objects from the past. But little do they know that 20th century objects put in the machine seem to be traded for analogous future objects by intelligent life.
- Rated
- Approved
- Runtime
- 1h 6m
- Released
- 1958
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1958
Storyline
Scientists build a time machine to snatch objects from the past. But little do they know that 20th century objects put in the machine seem to be traded for analogous future objects by intelligent life.
Top credits
- Ward Costello — Dr. Robert Hedges
Joyce Holden — Claire Erling
Frederic Downs — Prof. Howard Erling- John Stratton — Victor
Did you know
• This bears one of the earliest film editing credits for Dede Allen, who went on to a career editing such feature films as The Hustler, Bonnie and Clyde, Dog Day Afternoon, and Reds.
• Outdoor shots were filmed in and around Dade County, Florida.
• The screenplay is based (uncredited) on the short story "Bottle Baby" by print/TV/film writer Henry Slesar, that was published in the science fiction magazine Fantastic (April 1957).
User reviews
Not THAT bad...
Another nice little gem from American International - so bad it's good
Better than some contemporaries, but still too weak & middling for its own good
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
- Color
- Black and White
