Beyond the Time Barrier (1960)

Calificación de los usuarios:

4.6/10   

Director:

Edgar G. Ulmer

Guionista:

Arthur C. Pierce (story)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

julio 1960 (USA)

Género:

Ciencia-Ficción

Frase comercial:

Adam and Eve of the year 2024! Only they could repopulate the world!

Plot:

Experimental pilot testing a new rocket powered craft (actually a Convair F-102 interceptor) manages...

Plot Keywords:

Escape | Stabbed In The Back | Mutant | Woman Shot | Jet Plane

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A Good 'Time" Was Had

Reparto

Robert Clarke	...	Major William Allison
Darlene Tompkins	...	Princess Trirene
Vladimir Sokoloff	...	The Supreme
Boyd 'Red' Morgan	...	Captain
Stephen Bekassy	...	Gen. Karl Kruse
Arianne Ulmer	...	Capt. Markova (as Arianne Arden)
John Van Dreelen	...	Dr. Bourman
Ken Knox	...	Col. Marty Martin
Jack Herman	...	Dr. Richman
Don Flournoy	...	Mutant
Tom Ravick	...	Mutant
James 'Ike' Altgens	...	Secretary Lloyd Patterson (as James Altgens)
William Shephard	...	Gen. York
Neil Fletcher	...	Air Force Chief
John Loughney	...	Gen. Lamont

También conocida como:

The War of 1995

Duración:

75 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Locaciones de Filmación:

Fair Park, Dallas, Texas, USA

Compañía:

Miller Consolidated Pictures (MCP)

Trivialidades:

The was shot at the same time as Edgar G. Ulmer's The Amazing Transparent Man (1960). The combined shooting time for the double feature was only two weeks. This film was also meant to cash in the popularity of George Pal's The Time Machine (1960).

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in "Planet X: (#2.3)" (2006)

A Good 'Time" Was Had

Beyond the Time Barrier is an old-fashioned science fiction film made in 1960 that has the look and feel of a science fiction serial. It has some obvious flaws, most of which spring from its low budget. The special effects are woefully un-special. The sets are cheap-looking as are the costumes and any make-up used. Acting is mediocre at best with a few actors doing reasonable work. Darlene Tompkins is a lovely actress and does a pretty good job in her role as a deaf princess. Robert Clarke should be nicknamed Robert "Stonewall" Clarke for his stone-like performance. His performance isn't wooden, it's petrified. Nonetheless he is fun to watch. Boyd "Red" Morgan is, on the other hand, painfully bad a a captain(earlier referred to as a major?). The film tells a very complex story about Clarke leaving the year 1960 and crossing a time barrier and reaching the year 2024 where plague and pestilence are common. The human race has divided into factions of mutants and non-mutants(really people in the very first stages of being mutants). I found the story quite interesting despite not really believing the scientific aspects behind it. Sure the film is talky, but that was okay with me as I liked the story. The film was directed by Edgar Ulmer and it has some wonderful Ulmer moments. I particularly liked the way the mutants were locked up...a well-shot scene. Also, the climatic fight scenes were very good too. Ulmer uses a triangle of another scene interspersing into the already existing shot quite often as well for a neat little effect. An interesting science fiction film with a message.