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Unknown World 1951

2015EngBlack & White4.0 / 548.0k viewsPublic Domain

Unknown World   an   independent ,  black and white   science fiction  film  from 1951   directed by  Terry Morse  and starring Victor Killian,   Marilyn Nash , Jim Bannon  and  Otto Waldis . It was produced by Jack Rabin and Irving Block and released by Robert L. Lippert, the same trio involved in 1957's Regalscope production, Kronos . Terry Morse was the B movie director who completed the Americanized Gorija as Godzilla, King of the Monsters . Victor Killian, who plays the leading character of Dr.  Jeremiah Morley, is not billed because he was among the numerous actors blacklisted by HUAC for his political beliefs. He later  gained fame as the "Fernwwod Flasher" on TV's Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.   In 1987, he was found bludgeoned to death in his Hollywood apartment where he lived alone.

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Latham green★★★★★

"What a ridiculous movie but good for sleeping"

6/5/2025
gary proffitt★★★★★

" Unknown World (a.k.a. Night Without Stars) is a 1951 independently made American black-and-white science fiction adventure film, directed by Terrell ..."

5/26/2024
phantomofkrankor★★★★

"You have to hold this film up to the standards of very early 50s science fiction, which would be Rocketshp XM (also a Lippert production) and Destinat..."

11/15/2015
bobsluckycat★★

"I saw this in 1951 at the bottom of a double bill with Lash LaRue's "King Of The Bullwhip". Haven't seen it since until now. It would be viewed today ..."

4/5/2015
themacway@aol.com★★★★★

"Great sci-fi (heavy on the fi) period piece with some decent special effects, albeit on the cheesy side. Casting was pretty fair, script pretty formul..."

3/28/2015
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