At the Earth's Core

At the Earth's Core
Credits
Title:	At the Earth's Core
Genres:	Adventure Sci-fi Fantasy
Directed by:	Kevin Connor
Written by:	Milton Subotsky
Produced by:	Harry N. Blum; John Dark; Max Rosenberg ; Milton Subotsky
Music by:	Michael Vickers
Cinematography:	Alan Hume
Edited by:	John Ireland; Barry Peters
Production
Distributed by:	Amicus Productions American International Pictures
Released:	July, 1976
Rating:	PG
Running time:	89 min.
Country:	UK
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At the Earth's Core is a British feature film of the adventure, fantasy and science fiction genres. It combines elements of "hollow earth" and/or "lost world" storytelling tropes as well as modern dinosaur fare with just a dash of steampunk. The movie is based on a novel by English author Edgar Rice Burroughs. The film was directed by Kevin Connor and written by Milton Subotsky. It was produced by Amicus Productions and released in the United Kingdom on August 22nd, 1976. The film was distributed in the United States through American International Pictures and released a month earlier in the U.S. in July, 1976. At the Earth's Core stars Doug McClure as wealthy financier David Innes, Peter Cushing as the eccentric inventor, Doctor Abner Perry and the alluring Caroline Munro as Princess Dia. Other stars include Cy Grant as Ra, Godfrey James as Ghak, Sean Lynch as Hoojah, Keith Barron as Dowsett, Helen Gill as Maisie and Bobby Parr as the Sagoth Chief.

Cast

Actor	Role
Doug McClure	David Innes
Peter Cushing	Doctor Abner Perry
Caroline Munro	Princess Dia
Cy Grant	Ra
Godfrey James	Ghak
Sean Lynch	Hoojah
Keith Barron	Dowsett
Helen Gill	Maisie
Anthony Verner	Gadsby
Robert Gillespie	Photographer
Michael Crane	Jubal
Bobby Parr	Sagoth Chief
Andee Cromarty	Girl slave

Notes

• At the Earth's Core (1976) redirects to this page.

• Production on At the Earth's Core began on January 26th, 1976.

• At the Earth's Core was filmed at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire, England.

• At the Earth's Core was originally written as a four-part serial by Edgar Rice Burroughs, which appeared in the April 4th, April 11th, April 18th and April 25th editions of the pulp magazine All-Story Weekly (which later became known as Argosy). It was first published in hardcover book form by A.C. McClurg in July, 1922.

• This is Kevin Connor's fourth film as a director.

• This is actress Caroline Munro's twelfth feature film.

• This is Milton Subotsky's sixteenth film as a writer. It is also his final film work as a writer. It is his thirty-first film as a producer (not counting movies where he is credited as executive producer).

Fun Facts

• During a fight sequence filmed between Doug McClure's character, David Innes, and actor Bobby Parr, who played the Sagoth chief, Parr lost a finger during a mishap on the set.

• According to Doctor Abner Perry, the British cannot be mesmerized.

External Links

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