Genres
Production Companies
American-International Television (AIP-TV)
Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet
Overview
In 2020, after the colonization of the moon, the spaceships Vega, Sirius and Capella are launched from Lunar Station 7. They are to explore Venus under the command of Professor Hartman, but an asteroid collides and explodes Capella. The leader ship Vega stays orbiting and sends the astronauts Kern and Sherman with the robot John to the surface of Venus, but they have problems with communication with Dr. Marsha Evans in Vega. The Sirius lands in Venus and Commander Brendan Lockhart, Andre Ferneau and Hans Walter explore the planet and are attacked by prehistoric animals. They use a vehicle to seek Kern and Sherman while collecting samples from the planet. Meanwhile John helps the two cosmonauts to survive in the hostile land.
Key Crew
Director: Curtis Harrington
Writer: Curtis Harrington
Producer: George Edwards
Director of Photography: Vilis Lapenieks
Top Cast
Basil Rathbone
Prof. Hartman, Lunar 7
Faith Domergue
Dr. Marsha Evans, Vega
John Bix
John the Robot
Gennadi Vernov
Andre Ferneau, Sirius (archive footage)
Georgi Zhzhyonov
Hans Walter, Sirius (archive footage)
Georgiy Teykh
Dr Kern, Vega (archive footage) (uncredited)
Vladimir Yemelyanov
Cmdr. Brendan Lockhart, Sirius (archive footage) (uncredited)
Yuriy Sarantsev
Allen Sherman, Vega (archive footage) (uncredited)
Videos
Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet Trailer
