It works briefly, as the blast cracks the rock layer surrounding the magma. Julian Halevy was a 'front' name for Julian Zimet, a writing associate of the likewise blacklisted Bernard Gordon. A deep-sea submarine locates a fiery rupture in the bottom of the ocean. Review: Crack in the World . But Sorenson forges ahead out of pure hubris, determined to become mankind's savior before he dies. Released on Blu-ray for the 1st time and once again (much like The Colossus of New York) featuring an entertaining and informative commentary with film historians Allan Bryce and Richard Hollis, Crack in the World is another great sci-fi release from 101 Films. Sorenson's grant supervisor back in London is played by Alexander Knox, the misguided mastermind from Joseph Losey's These Are the Damned. We’re left to wonder if it means the end of the world as we know it or a new step in the progressive evolution of the world. Ted Rampion tries to stop the moving split by using a second nuke to blow a stopgap in an island volcano. Video: Excellent It’s cleverly frightening in a nightmarish way despite a sluggish screenplay written by Julian Halevy. Despite warnings from his fellow scientists, Dr. Stephen Sorenson (Dana Andrews) plans to use the geothermal energy from the Earth’s interior by detonating a thermonuclear device deep within the Earth’s core. Copyright © var now = new Date(); document.write(now.getFullYear()) MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. On a scale of Excellent, Good, Fair, and Poor, Nevertheless, the know it all, Sorensen, explodes a powerful atomic bomb. But it turns out to be only a guilty pleasure because of its bad science. In any case, I enjoyed it despite the confusing ending and all the hokum. Do You Dare Enter. 1 The main lab set is a brilliant hanging miniature that rivals the work of 007 designer Ken Adam -- and was seemingly copied for the headquarters of Drax in the Bond film Moonraker. Sorenson imagines himself a sexual Prometheus, bringing unlimited power (potency) to our energy-starved (flaccid) male-dominated world. Knox apparently no longer raises radioactive children; he instead green-lights a crazy plan as if approving a new freeway offramp. Prolific writer, producer and dealmaker Philip Yordan followed his weak but successful adaptation of The Day of the Triffids with another ambitious science fiction project, this one filmed by associates on leave from Samuel Bronston's Anthony Mann and Nicholas Ray epics. Crack in the World Olive Films 1965 / Color / 1:85 enhanced widescreen / 96 min. Inner Space plans to drop a nuclear warhead into a deep well shaft, to punch through a final barrier deep within the earth. Infinitely better than the appalling Day the Earth Caught Fire, which developed along similar lines. Crack in the World. 2 The impotent, dying Sorenson can't impregnate his wife Maggie or stave off the rugged competition represented by scientific rival Rampion, so he sublimates his sex drive into his work. Johnny Douglas's majestic music score adds greatly to the sight of billions of tons of fiery rock and earth exploding into outer space. Blu-ray: Crack in the World (1965) Despite warnings from his fellow scientists, Dr. Stephen Sorenson (Dana Andrews) plans to use the geothermal energy from the Earth’s interior by detonating a thermonuclear device deep within the Earth’s core. Crack in the World has many opticals and traveling matte shots, but some of its most impressive images, such as the vista of the twin lava flows converging on the Inner Space Project, are clever stage illusions. Think of it as ‘extreme fracking’. Either that, or the movie is about the need to invent Viagra.