Crack in the World (1965) DVD Color, Widescreen, beautifully remastered print. Approx. 95 MIN, Playable in North America (the US, Canada, Mexico, etc.) Starring: Dana Andrews, Janette Scott, Kieron Moore and Alexander Knox. Written by Jon Manchip White and Julian Zimet. Directed by Andrew Marton. An international consortium of scientists, operating as Project Inner Space in Tanganyika, Africa, is trying to tap into the Earth's geothermal energy by drilling a very deep hole down to the Earth's core. The scientists are foiled by an extremely dense layer of material. To penetrate the barrier and reach the magma below, they intend to detonate an atomic device at the bottom of the hole. The leader of the project, Dr. Stephen Sorenson (Dana Andrews), who is secretly dying of cancer, believes that the atomic device will burn its way through the barrier, but the project's chief geologist, Dr. Ted Rampion (Kieron Moore), is convinced that the lower layers of the crust have been weakened by decades of underground nuclear tests, and that the detonation could produce a massive crack which would threaten the very existence of Earth. “Science's Dream of Limitless Power... Becomes Mankind's Nightmare of Unimaginable Terror as the world totters on the brink of destruction!!”
