Description: Irwin Allen (June 12, 1916 – November 2, 1991) was an American film and television producer and director, known for his work in science fiction, then later as the “Master of Disaster” for his work in the disaster film genre. His most successful productions were The Poseidon Adventure (1972) and The Towering Inferno (1974). He also created and produced the popular 1960s science fiction television series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Lost in Space, The Time Tunnel and Land of the Giants.
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The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen
( 1995 )
An overview of the career of producer/director Irwiln Allen, using footage from his films and interviews with those who worked with and for him.
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Where Danger Lives
( 1950 )
A young doctor falls in love with a disturbed young woman, becomes involved in her husband's death, and must flee with her to the Mexican border.
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Double Dynamite
( 1951 )
An innocent bank teller, suspected of embezzlement, is aided by an eccentric, wisecracking waiter.
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A Girl in Every Port
( 1952 )
After two sailors are conned into buying a lame race-horse, they go ashore to sort out the problem, but when they realize that the horse is one of a pair of identical twins, their plan for revenge becomes more complicated.
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The Sea Around Us
( 1953 )
Oscar-winning documentary based on Rachel L. Carson's pioneering study of ocean life chronicled in her award-winning and best-selling 1951 book of the same name.
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Dangerous Mission
( 1954 )
A policeman tries to protect a young woman against a hit man, when she flees New York after witnessing a mob killing.
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The Animal World
( 1957 )
A documentary showcasing the world's many different animal species, both past and present.
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The Story of Mankind
( 1957 )
The Devil and the Spirit of Man argue as to whether or not humanity is ultimately good or evil.
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The Big Circus
( 1959 )
A circus owner tries to keep his financially troubled circus on the road, despite the efforts of a murderous saboteur who has decided that the show must not go on.
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The Lost World
( 1960 )
Professor Challenger leads an expedition of scientists and adventurers to a remote plateau deep in the Amazonian jungle to verify his claim that dinosaurs still live there.
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Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
( 1961 )
When the Earth is threatened by a burning Van Allen Radiation Belt, U.S. Navy Admiral Harriman Nelson plans to shoot a nuclear missile at the Belt, using his experimental atomic submarine, the Seaview.
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Five Weeks in a Balloon
( 1962 )
In 1862, the British commission inventor Fergusson to claim uncharted land in West Africa for Britain by flying his giant hot air balloon there.
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Irwin Allen's Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
( 1964 )
In this 60s show, the first of four Irwin Allen science fiction productions, the advanced submarine Seaview takes on all kinds of missions for the American government. Under the leadership of Admiral Nelson and Captain Crane, the Seaview takes on a variety of gritty real-world missions with spies, missile launches, deep-sea exploration, etc.Unfortunately, then Batman caught on and Allen decided that camp and far-out science was the way to go. Increasingly, episodes dealt with mind control, aliens, werewolves, evil puppets, monsters in cheap-looking rubber suits, etc. After three more seasons, the show came to an end due to low ratings.
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Irwin Allen's Lost in Space
( 1965 )
The Robinson family was supposed to set off on a five-year mission to explore a distant planet, but an act of sabotage by the scheming Dr. Zachary Smith - who managed to get himself trapped aboard the spaceship - leaves them adrift in space for three years. The Robinsons, pilot Don West, Dr. Smith and their trusty robot move from planet to planet, always searching for a way to return to Earth.
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The Time Tunnel
( 1966 )
The control of time is potentially the most valuable treasure that man will ever find, or so believe the scientists of Project Tic Toc. Located beneath the Arizona desert, the ten-year project's focus is the feasibility of time travel. But when the government reconsiders the project, the scientists have only 24 hours to prove their untested time tunnel will actually work. Determined to save the project, Dr. Tony Newman and Dr. Doug Phillips go through the tunnel and quickly find themselves catapulted from one historical event to another, barely escaping with their lives as their colleagues back in Arizona race to figure out a way to bring them back home.
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Land of the Giants
( 1968 )
Three crew and four passengers aboard the low-orbit shuttlecraft Spindrift are swept up into a space warp and transported to a planet light-years distant. While the planet is similar to Earth, everything is 12 times the size of what they are accustomed to. The seven now-miniature Earthlings must find the parts to repair the ship, while evading the planet's totalitarian government.
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City Beneath the Sea
( 1971 )
A group of 21st-century colonists inhabit the underwater city called Pacifica. They find they must defend the city against hostile alien forces.
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The Poseidon Adventure
( 1972 )
A group of passengers must embark on a harrowing struggle for survival after a rogue wave capsizes their cruise ship at sea.
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The Towering Inferno
( 1974 )
At the opening party of a colossal San Francisco skyscraper, a massive fire breaks out due to careless building practices by the contractor, threatening to destroy the tower and everyone in it.
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Adventures of the Queen
( 1975 )
A madman hijacks the luxury cruise liner, S.S. Queen, and threatens to blow it up unless a millionaire pays him the the contents of a safe deposit box. The crew regains control of the ship, but the hijacker dies, taking the codes to disarm the bomb with him.
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Swiss Family Robinson
( 1975 )
In this adaptation of the famous novel, the Robinsons are stranded on a deserted island in the Pacific. They must create a new life for themselves with little hope of rescue, and deal with pirates and hostile natives.
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Time Travelers
( 1976 )
During an outbreak of a contagious disease in 1976, two scientists are sent back in time to 1871, when a Chicago doctor apparently had the cure for it.
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Flood
( 1976 )
After several weeks of heavy rainfall, the dam above Brownsville is ready to burst. But the town's mayor refuses to open its gates - paving the way for disaster.
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Fire
( 1977 )
A convict starts a fire in a forest to cover his escape, but the fire goes out of control and threatens to destroy a small mountain community.
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Viva Knievel!
( 1977 )
He's powered his Harley over cars, trucks, lions, infernos and plummeted headlong into a canyon. But if the mob has its way, his next incredible leap will land him six feet under.
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The Return of Captain Nemo
( 1978 )
After a century of being in suspended animation, the mysterious submarine commander is revived in modern times for new adventures.
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The Return of Captain Nemo
( 1978 )
During naval exercises in 1978, Captain Nemo is found in suspended animation aboard his submarine Nautilus beneath the Pacific Ocean. Revived by members of a modern-day US Government agency, Nemo is persuaded to rescue United States interests and in so doing battles Professor Cunningham, a mad scientist.
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Hanging by a Thread
( 1979 )
A group of old friends on an outing re-live various traumas and tragedies via flashback whilst trapped high above a ravine in a disabled cable-car.
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The Swarm
( 1978 )
Deadly African bees spread over Texas and kill thousands of people. Scientists led by Bradford Crane and Captain Helena Anderson try to find an antidote and destroy the swarm - against the advice of Army General Thalius Slater.
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Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
( 1979 )
An extension of the previous film, wherein a group of adventurers return to the overturned ship to seek several fortunes.
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The Memory of Eva Ryker
( 1980 )
A young woman has spent her life tormented by the death of her mother, who was on a cruise ship torpedoed during World War II. When her father hires an investigator to look into the circumstances of her mother's death 30 years previously, it triggers a new rash of emotional turmoil for the young woman.
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When Time Ran Out...
( 1980 )
An active volcano threatens a south Pacific island resort and its guests as a power struggle ensues between the property's developer and a drilling foreman.
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The Night the Bridge Fell Down
( 1983 )
A group of random individuals get stranded on a bridge that begins to collapse at both ends. Not only that, but a gun-wielding bank robber is using the bridge as his means of escape, and he is refusing to let any of the rescuers get anywhere near the survivors. Time is running out and a solution must be reached.
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Cave in!
( 1983 )
A group of strangers become entrapped in a cave after it collapses. A fugitive among them claims a hostage as leverage for means of escape.
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Alice in Wonderland
( 1985 )
Alice in Wonderland is a two-part made-for-television adaptation of Lewis Carroll's books Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. An Irwin Allen production, it used a huge all-star cast of notable actors and actresses.
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dicobalt : A great Christmas story for the kids.