The People that Time Forgot ** (1977, Doug McClure, Patrick Wayne, Sarah Douglas) – Classic Movie Review 6223

Doug McClure returns as Bowen Tyler in co-writer/ director Kevin Connor’s 1977 sequel to their 1974 Amicus hit The Land that Time Forgot.

It is a forgettable, dated-looking affair about Major Ben McBride (Patrick Wayne)’s expedition to an Antarctic mysterious island to rescue Bowen Tyler (McClure) – unnecessarily, you might unkindly think – who vanished three years before.

To be fair, there are effective moments, and there is some curiosity value in seeing singer Dana Gillespie playing Ajor.

But mostly the movie, based on the Edgar Rice Burroughs novel, just plods unconvincingly along and this time the monsters and special effects are below par.

Also in the cast are Sarah Douglas, Shane Rimmer, Tony Britton, Thorley Walters, John Hallam, Dave [David] Prowse as the Executioner, Milton Reid, Richard LeParmentier [Parmentier], Jimmy Ray, Tony McHale and Kiran Shah.

It is written by Connor and Patrick Tilley, shot by Alan Hume, produced by Samuel Z Arkoff, Max Rosenberg and John Dark, scored by John Scott and designed by Maurice Carter.

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