![]() ![]() Some of the crew mutiny and take to a lifeboat. Webster, together with his daughter Unity, for his indiscretions with patients an alcoholic conman Harry Tyler with a jacket lined with money Eva Peters, a trophy wife who has stolen bearer bonds to pay for the ransom on her son in Caracas, and lawyer, Ricaldi, pursuing Eva Peters in order to retrieve those stolen bonds.Īn accident nearly sets off the explosives and the authority of the captain comes to a head when an anchor chain slips a gear, ruptures the bulkhead and power is lost. His ship's passengers, a mix of rich and poor, also have various unwholesome reasons for leaving Freetown: Dr. On board the tramp steamer Corita, Captain Lansen first ignores a hurricane warning then ignores a customs launch whose crew want to inspect his ship, as he is smuggling the explosive "Phosphor B" ('Phosphore Blanc', i.e. As the shrouded cadaver is slid overboard from beneath a flag the captain asks: "What happened to us? How did we all get here.?" Whilst en route to South America the ship is holed and eventually what's left of the crew and passengers find themselves marooned in a mist-enshrouded Sargasso Sea surrounded by killer seaweed, murderous crustaceans and previously marooned descendants of Spanish Conquistadores and pirates.Ĭaptain Lansen reads the Burial Rites from the Book of Common Prayer watched mournfully by a motley crew of seamen, pirates, Spanish ladies, armoured conquistadors and priests (all seemingly from different time periods). ![]() While the passengers all have their own reasons for getting out of Africa, the captain of the ship is also eager to leave, as he is smuggling a dangerous explosive cargo. ![]() The film sees the crew and passengers of the dilapidated tramp steamer Corita heading from Freetown to Caracas. The film was produced, directed and written by Michael Carreras based on Dennis Wheatley's novel Uncharted Seas (1938). The Lost Continent is a 1968 adventure film made by Hammer Films and Seven Arts featuring Eric Porter, Hildegard Knef, Suzanna Leigh, Tony Beckley, and James Cossins. ![]()
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