# Unknown Island > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Unknown_Island > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Unknown_Island.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unknown_Island > Source revision: 1340439976 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1948 adventure film directed by Jack Bernhard Unknown Island Film poster Directed by Jack Bernhard Written by Story: Robert T. Shannon Screenplay Robert T. Shannon Jack Harvey Produced by Albert J. Cohen Starring Virginia Grey Phillip Reed Richard Denning Barton MacLane Ray Corrigan Cinematography Fred Jackman Jr. Robert Gough Milton Gold Edited by Harry Gerstad Music by Raoul Kraushaar (credited as Ralph Stanley) Production company Albert Jay Cohen Productions Distributed by Film Classics Release date October 15, 1948 (1948-10-15) Running time 75 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $400,000[1] Box office over $1 million (est.)[1] ***Unknown Island*** is a 1948 American [adventure film](/source/Adventure_film) directed by [Jack Bernhard](/source/Jack_Bernhard) and starring [Virginia Grey](/source/Virginia_Grey), [Phillip Reed](/source/Phillip_Reed) and [Richard Denning](/source/Richard_Denning). Shot in [Cinecolor](/source/Cinecolor) it was released by [Film Classics](/source/Film_Classics) and in Britain by [General Film Distributors](/source/General_Film_Distributors). ## Plot Ted Osborne and his fiancée Carole hire Captain Tarnowski to take them to a mysterious island where Osborne claims dinosaurs live. Tarnowski’s friend Fairbanks, a traumatized survivor of a past shipwreck there, reluctantly joins them. On the voyage, tensions rise—Fairbanks grows fond of Carole, and the crew suspects danger ahead. After a failed mutiny, they reach the island and confirm dinosaurs exist: brontosaurs, dimetrodons, ceratosaurs, and even a giant sloth. The crew suffers attacks, accidents, and infighting. Tarnowski, obsessed with capturing a dinosaur and fueled by alcohol, becomes increasingly reckless. He kidnaps Carole, but she and Fairbanks escape. Tarnowski is eventually killed by the giant sloth. In the end, Osborne, Carole, Fairbanks, and one other survivor manage to leave the island on Tarnowski’s ship. ## Cast - [Virginia Grey](/source/Virginia_Grey) as Carole Lane - [Phillip Reed](/source/Phillip_Reed) as Ted Osborne - [Richard Denning](/source/Richard_Denning) as John Fairbanks - [Barton MacLane](/source/Barton_MacLane) as Captain Tarnowski - [Dick Wessel](/source/Dick_Wessel) as First Mate Sanderson - [Dan White](/source/Dan_White_(actor)) as Edwards - [Phil Nazir](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Phil_Nazir&action=edit&redlink=1) as Chief [Lascar](/source/Lascar) - [Ray "Crash" Corrigan](/source/Ray_%22Crash%22_Corrigan) as The Sloth / *Ceratosaurus* - [Snub Pollard](/source/Snub_Pollard) as a Singapore Barfly - Harry Wilson as Barfly ## Public domain *Unknown Island* is in the public domain. The film did have copyright filed on December 1, 1948, which was renewed on April 22, 1976. However, as the film was released on October 15, 1948, and the law stated that a film must be copyrighted before release, the copyright wasn't filed on time and is, by implication, invalid. Stock footage from *Unknown Island* was used in the American version of *[Godzilla Raids Again](/source/Godzilla_Raids_Again)* and in *Adventure at the Center of the Earth*. ## See also - [List of films featuring dinosaurs](/source/List_of_films_featuring_dinosaurs) ## References **Notes** 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-var_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-var_1-1) ["Fight with Bernhard for FC Control"](https://archive.org/details/variety173-1949-02/page/n187/mode/1up?q=%22domestic+gross%22). *Variety*. February 23, 1949. p. 4. ## External links - [*Unknown Island*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040920/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Unknown Island](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unknown_Island) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unknown_Island?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.