The Night the World Exploded
With his assistant, Laura Hutchinson, Dr. David Conway develops a device to advance the fledgling science of earthquake prediction. After forecasting a large trembleor that will rock California within twenty-four hours, Conway cannot persuade the Governor to act. When the prediction proves true and further tests indicate that there are more quakes to come, Conway and Laura seek to perfect their device. Subsequent tests deep within Carlsbad Caverns discover an unknown element—E-112—that is responsible for the earthquakes and threatens to destroy the globe if it ever reaches the surface. The team determines that with only four weeks until Armageddon, the race is on to neutralize the killer element before it takes a devastating toll.
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A seismologist (William Leslie) has perfected a machine to predict earthquakes, and finds that one will strike California within 24 hours. But he and his mentor (Tris Coffin) are unable to convince the Governor to declare an emergency. A devastating quake occurs, and then new readings presage additional quakes all over the world. He and his assistant (Kathryn Grant) take his equipment deep into Carlsbad Caverns in hopes determining what is causing the pressure, and discover a volatile mineral previously unknown to science. Kathryn Grant as Laura Hutchinson William Leslie as Dr. David Conway Tristram Coffin as Dr. Ellis Morton Raymond Greenleaf as Gov. Chaney Charles Evans as Gen. Bortes Frank J. Scannell as Sheriff Quinn I colorized this using AI software that doesn't always get the colors right, but I think it looks fairly natural. Hopefully a more professional job will be done someday.
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- Director
- Fred F. Sears
- Starring
- William Leslie, Kathryn Grant, Tristram Coffin, Raymond Greenleaf, Paul Savage, Fred Coby, Frank J. Scannell, Charles Evans
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