Atlantis, the Lost Continent

Atlantis, the Lost Continent
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGeorge Pal
Screenplay byDaniel Mainwaring
Based onAtalanta, a Story of Atlantis
1949 play
by Gerald Hargreaves
Produced byGeorge Pal
StarringAnthony Hall
Joyce Taylor
John Dall
William Smith
Edward Platt
Frank DeKova
Narrated byPaul Frees
CinematographyHarold E. Wellman
Edited byBen Lewis
Music byRussell Garcia
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • May 3, 1961 (1961-05-03)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1.5 million[1]

Atlantis, the Lost Continent is a 1961 American science fiction film in Metrocolor produced and directed by George Pal and starring Sal Ponti (under the screen name of Anthony Hall), Joyce Taylor, and John Dall. The film was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.[2]

The film's storyline concerns the events leading up to the total destruction of the mythical continent of Atlantis during the time of Ancient Greece.

  1. ^ "1961 Rentals and Potential". Variety. 10 Jan 1961. p. 58.
  2. ^ "Sal Ponti obituary".