Journey Beneath the Desert
Seen it?1961 | 105 min | Adventure, Fantasy
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for fantasy fans and adventure fans. If you loved 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, start here.
- The mood
- Exciting.
- The pace
- Moves along nicely, at 1 hr 45 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Italian, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Made in 1961: an older pace and style.
A helicopter crashes in the desert, and the crew winds up in the underground city of Atlantis and get mixed up in a slave revolt.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 3K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer, Giuseppe Masini
- Jean-Louis TrintignantPierre
- Haya HarareetQueen Antinea
- Georges RivièreJohn
- James WestmorelandRobert
- Amedeo NazzariTamal
- Giulia RubiniZinah
- Gabriele TintiMax
- Ignazio Dolceo. A.
- Gian Maria VolontéTarath