The Secret Land
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Produced by | Orville O. Dull |
Written by | Harvey S. Haislip William C. Park |
Narrated by | Robert Montgomery Robert Taylor Van Heflin |
Edited by | Fredrick Y. Smith |
Distributed by | MGM |
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71 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $216,000[1] |
Box office | $576,000[1] |
The Secret Land is a 1948 American documentary film about an American expedition code-named "Operation High Jump" to explore Antarctica.[2] It won the Academy Award for Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.[3][4]
Contents
Cast
- Robert Montgomery - Narrator (voice) (as Comdr. Robert Montgomery, U.S.N.R.)
- Robert Taylor - Narrator (voice) (as Lt. Robert Taylor U.S.N.R.)
- Van Heflin - Narrator (voice) (as Lt. Van Heflin, A.A.F., Ret.)
- James Forrestal - Himself (as James V. Forrestal)
- Chester W. Nimitz - Himself
- Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd - Himself (as Admiral Byrd)
- Richard H. Cruzen - Himself (as Admiral Cruzen)
- Robert S. Quackenbush - Himself (as Captain Quackenbush)
- George J. Dufek - Himself (as Captain George Dufek)
- Paul A. Siple - Himself (as Dr. Siple)
- Charles W. Thomas - Himself (as Captain Thomas)
- Richard E. Byrd Jr. - Himself
- Vernon D. Boyd - Himself (as Captain Boyd)
- Charles A. Bond - Himself (as Captain Bond)
- David E. Bunger - Himself (as Commander David E. Bunger)
- John E. Clark - Himself (as Captain Clark)
- John D. Howell - Himself (as Commander Howell)
- William Kearns - Himself (as Lieutenant j.g. Bill Kearns)
- Ralph LeBlanc - Himself (as Lieutenant j.g. Frenchie LeBlanc)
- Henry H. Caldwell - Himself (as Captain Caldwell)
- Owen McCarty - Himself
- William Warr - Himself
- James H. Robbins - Himself (as Shorty Rogers)
Reception
The film earned $395,000 in the US and Canada and $181,000 elsewhere, resulting in a profit of $10,000.[1]
References
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). The Secret Land at IMDb
- The Secret Land is available for free download at the Internet Archive
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