Valley of the Dragons (film)

Valley of the Dragons (film)

Valley of the Dragons is a 1961 American science fiction film loosely based on Jules Verne’s Off on a Comet. Two men are swept from the face of the Earth by a passing comet and find themselves on another world with cavemen and prehistoric animals.

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Summary Valley of the Dragons (film)Valley of the Dragons is a 1961 American science fiction film loosely based on Jules Verne’s Off on a Comet. Two men are swept from the face of the Earth by a passing comet and find themselves on another world with cavemen and prehistoric animals. The film was produced by Al Zimbalist who says he was given a copy of the Verne novel that his 16 year old son Don had found in a London bookshop.

Director Edward Bernds says the film was built around stock footage from One Million B. C., King Dinosaur, Cat-Women of the Moon and Rodan. The movie was financially successful and had a long run on television. It was shot in ‘Living Montascope’ on the Columbia backlot and used a spider from his earlier film World Without End.