At the Earth’s Core

Date: 1976
Director: Kevin Connor
Production Company: Amicus Productions, American International Pictures (AIP), Burroughs Productions Inc.

Stars: Peter Cushing, Doug McClure, Caroline Munro, Cy Grant
Location(s): Buckinghamshire (Studio)

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Storyline:

Taking his American backer along after inventing a massive drill that can bore deep into the Earth, an English scientist discovers an underground civilization of primitive humans.

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Scenes shot inside a steel works entertain the audience during the title sequence. This is the only location seen in the entire film.

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After drilling into a Welsh mountainside, the Iron Mole arrives in the confines of the Buckinghamshire studio where Dr. Abner Perry (Peter Cushing) and David Innes (Doug McClure) climb out to explore a prehistoric world.