At the Earth's Core (film)

At the Earth's Core
Theatrical release poster by Tom Chantrell
Directed byKevin Connor
Screenplay byMilton Subotsky
Based onAt the Earth's Core
1914 novel
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Produced byJohn Dark
Max Rosenberg
Milton Subotsky
StarringDoug McClure
Peter Cushing
Caroline Munro
CinematographyAlan Hume
Edited byJohn Ireland
Barry Peters
Music byMike Vickers
Production
companies
Distributed byAmerican International Pictures
British Lion Films (UK)
Release date
  • 15 July 1976 (1976-07-15)[1]
Running time
89 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
United States[2]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$400,000-$500,000[3]—$1.5 million[4]
Box office$3.2 million[5]

At the Earth's Core is a 1976 fantasy-science fiction film produced by Britain's Amicus Productions.[6] A British-American co-production, the film was directed by Kevin Connor and stars Doug McClure, Peter Cushing and Caroline Munro.[7][8] It was filmed in Technicolor, and is based on the 1914 fantasy novel At the Earth's Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the first book of his Pellucidar series, in token of which the film is also known as Edgar Rice Burroughs' At the Earth's Core.

  1. ^ "Caroline Munro". Art & Hue. 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  2. ^ "At the Earth's Core". American Film Institute. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Exclusive Interview With Legendary Director Kevin Connor". Horror Channel. 7 August 2012. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  4. ^ Brian Trenchard-Smith on At the Earth's Core at Trailers from Hell
  5. ^ Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American film distribution : the changing marketplace. UMI Research Press. p. 300. ISBN 9780835717762. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada
  6. ^ Gary A. Smith, The American International Pictures Video Guide, McFarland 2009 p 16
  7. ^ "At the Earth's Core". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  8. ^ "At the Earth's Core (1976)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 31 May 2012.