The Phantom Empire (1935)
ActionMusicScience FictionWestern
When the ancient continent of Mu sank beneath the ocean, some of its inhabitant survived in caverns beneath the sea. Cowboy singer Gene Autry stumbles upon the civilization, now buried beneath his own Radio Ranch. The Muranians have developed technology and weaponry such as television and ray guns. Their rich supply of radium draws unscrupulous speculators from the surface. The peaceful civilization of the Muranians is corrupted by the greed from above, and it becomes Autry's task to prevent all-out war, ideally without disrupting his regular radio show.
Directors: B. Reeves Eason, Otto Brower.
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Gene Autry as Gene Autry |
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Frankie Darro as Frankie Baxter |
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Betsy King Ross as Betsy Baxter |
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Dorothy Christy as Queen Tika |
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Wheeler Oakman as Lord Argo |
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Charles K. French as Mal |
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Warner Richmond as Rab |
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J. Frank Glendon as Prof. Beetson (as Frank Glendon) |
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Smiley Burnette as Oscar (as Lester 'Smiley' Burnett) |
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Peter Potter as Pete (as William Moore) |
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Edward Peil Sr. as Cooper (as Edward Piel Sr.) |
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Jack Carlyle as Saunders |
| Directing | B. Reeves Eason | Director |
| Directing | Otto Brower | Director |
| Production | Nat Levine | Producer |
| Directing | John Rathmell | Continuity |
| Writing | Wallace MacDonald | Story |
| Writing | Gerald Geraghty | Story |
| Writing | Hy Freedman | Story |
| Directing | Armand Schaefer | Continuity |
