History Film / LostContinent

* LeftHanging: [[spoiler: They escape the exploding the island in a small boat. The End. So it's the middle of the ocean, who cares?]]

* CoversAlwaysLie: The poster shows a ''Tyrannosaurus rex''. No such dinosaur ever appears.

** [[NeverTrustATrailer Never Trust A Poster]]: Acquanetta's character doesn't even go on the adventure with the main characters; she simply points them in the right direction and then exit, stage left.

** CataclysmClimax: Of the "practically out of the blue" variety. Or, see [[Fridge/LostContinent Fridge Brilliance]].

** TheyJustDidntCare: The most likely reason this shot was left in the film.

** IdiotBall: One guy, to escape the (sigh) flesh-eating bronto, climbs up a tall tree.

* StockDinosaurs: ''Brontosaurus'', ''Triceratops'', and ''Pteranodon'' are among the denizens of the plateau. However, [[CoversAlwaysLie Contrary to what the poster shows]], there is no ''TyrannosaurusRex'' in the movie.

* StockDinosaurs: ''Brontosaurus'', ''Triceratops'', and ''Pteranodon'' are among the denizens of the plateau. [[CoversAlwaysLie And contrary to what the poster shows]], there is no ''TyrannosaurusRex'' in the movie.

* StockDinosaurs: ''Brontosaurus'', ''Triceratops'', and ''Pteranodon'' are among the denizens of the plateau. [[CoversAlwaysLie And contrary to what the poster show]], there is no ''TyrannosaurusRex'' in the movie.

[[caption-width-right:330:"Lost Continent? [[MysteryScienceTheater3000 I lost my keys once, but this is ridiculous!]]"]]

* DirtyCommunists: Subverted. Because the lead scientist is [[strike:German]] Russian, Major Joe is suspicious of him from the start. [[MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold His suspicions turn out to be in error]].

* TheCasanova: Major Joe.\

* TheCasanova: Major Joe.

* FatalFamilyPhoto: Briggs shows his family photos to the group during a lull in the climb. He falls to his death in the very next scene.

Whilst scouting for an island or such that the rocket could have crashed on, their plane's engines abruptly fail, dumping them onto a [[JungleGoddess familiar-looking]] tropical island. The island natives speak of "[[HulkSpeak smoke and flame, burning from sky]]", clearly referring to the rocket which crashed on the top of the island's plateau, causing no small amount of geological turmoil (hold that thought). The expedition slowly -- and we mean '''[[{{Padding}} slowly]]''' -- makes its way to the top of the mountain, and drags the hapless audience along for the ride.

* StockFootage: Special effects footage recycled from/for ''Film/KingDinosaur'', ''Film/RocketshipXM'' and ''FireMaidensFromOuterSpace''.

Robert Lippert was also an uncredited producer for the 1958 classic ''TheFly''.

* WardrobeMalfunction: One part of the "rock climbing" sequence has Sid Melton's pants fall down while Cesar Romero hauls him over a cliffside. You can see the other actors cracking up in the background during the scene.

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** [[Series/BatMan Cesar Romero]] as Major Joe Nolan
** [[LeaveItToBeaver Hugh Beaumont]] as a rocket scientist. "Oh, so ''that's'' what [[LeaveItToBeaver Ward]] does at the office!"

'''''(The) Lost Continent''''' is a 1951 BMovie produced by Robert Lippert, starring Cesar Romero and Hugh Beaumont. Starting out as a fairly straight-forward, Cold War era military film, it quickly switches into a "lost in the jungle" romp, then segues into an interminable "rock climbing" sequence before ultimately transmogrifying into a dinosaur film.

* StockFootage: Special effects footage recycled from/for ''Film/KingDinosaur'', ''{{Rocketship X-M}}'' and ''FireMaidensFromOuterSpace''.

* SomewhereAPalaeontologistIsCrying: Yet another example of flesh-eating brontosaurs.
** IdiotBall: One guy, to escape the (sigh) flesh-eating bronto, climbs up a tall tree.

** CesarRomero as Major Joe Nolan

Scientists and military men are testing the guidance systems of an experimental atomic rocket; said guidance systems fail and the rocket vanishes somewhere in the South Pacific. An expedition, led by one Major Joe Nolan and including the project's three key scientists, is dispatched to retrieve it before the [[DirtyCommies Russians]] can get their hands on it.

For the ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'' version, please go to the [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S02E08LostContinent episode recap page]].

* StockFootage: Special effects footage recycled from/for ''KingDinosaur'', ''{{Rocketship X-M}}'' and ''FireMaidensFromOuterSpace''.

Whilst scouting for an island or such that the rocket could have crashed on, their plane's engines abruptly fail, dumping them onto a [[JungleGoddess familiar-looking]] tropical island. The island natives speak of "[[HulkSpeak smoke and flame, burning from sky]]", clearly referring to the rocket which crashed on the top of the island's plateau, causing no small amount of geological turmoil (hold that thought). The expedition slowly -- and I mean '''[[{{Padding}} slowly]]''' -- makes its way to the top of the mountain, and drags the hapless audience along for the ride.

Once at the top, they find... an exact duplicate of the jungle set at the mountain base. Except, as one scientist points out, this jungle is flowered by long-extinct plant life. And not just plants; we soon encounter much prehistoric animal life as well. The cast [[strike:wastes]] spends much time running from dinosaurs and wandering through the foliage before finally stumbling upon the missing rocket. Examining its guidance computer will help the scientists correct the problem, and so exit stage down.