---
title: 'The Lost World (1960)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Irwin Allen'
released: '1960-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 97
genres:
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'Science Fiction'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-lost-world-1960'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054038/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Lost World (1960)

1960 · 97 min · Fantasy, Adventure, Science Fiction · United States


## Synopsis

The Lost World is a 1960 American fantasy adventure film directed by Irwin Allen, loosely based on the 1912 novel of the same name by Arthur Conan Doyle. Shot in De Luxe Color and CinemaScope, the film's plot revolves around the exploration of a plateau in Venezuela inhabited by cannibals, dinosaurs, carnivorous plants, and giant spiders. The cast includes Claude Rains,
David Hedison, Fernando Lamas, Jill St. John, and Michael Rennie.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Irwin Allen](https://cinepixo.com/people/irwin-allen)
- **Screenplay:** [Irwin Allen](https://cinepixo.com/people/irwin-allen), [Charles Bennett](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-bennett)
- **Producer:** [Irwin Allen](https://cinepixo.com/people/irwin-allen), [Cliff Reid](https://cinepixo.com/people/cliff-reid)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Paul Sawtell](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-sawtell), [Bert Shefter](https://cinepixo.com/people/bert-shefter)
- **Director of Photography:** [Winton Hoch](https://cinepixo.com/people/winton-hoch)
- **Editor:** [Hugh S. Fowler](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugh-s-fowler)

## Cast

- [Ray Stricklyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-stricklyn)
- [George Pelling](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-pelling)
- [Michael Rennie](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-rennie)
- [Richard Haydn](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-haydn)
- [Jill St. John](https://cinepixo.com/people/jill-st-john)
- [Harold Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-miller)
- [Ian Wolfe](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-wolfe)
- [Jay Novello](https://cinepixo.com/people/jay-novello)
- [Brian Roper](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-roper)
- [Fernando Lamas](https://cinepixo.com/people/fernando-lamas)
- [Bess Flowers](https://cinepixo.com/people/bess-flowers)
- [David Hedison](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-hedison)
- [Ross Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/ross-brown)
- [Ben Wright](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-wright)
- [Vitina Marcus](https://cinepixo.com/people/vitina-marcus)

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