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Genre
  
Documentary

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

7.4/10
IMDb

Produced by
  
Orville O. Dull

Language
  
English

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Writer
  
Harvey S. Haislip
,
William C. Park

Release date
  
October 22, 1948 (1948-10-22)

Awards
  
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature

Narrated by
  
Robert Montgomery, Robert Taylor, Van Heflin

Cast
  
Robert Montgomery
(Narrator),
Robert Taylor
(Narrator),
Van Heflin
(Narrator)

Similar movies
  
With Byrd at the South Pole (1930)

Tagline
  
One of the world's most daring adventures into the unknown!

The Secret Land is a 1948 American documentary film about an American expedition code-named "Operation High Jump" to explore Antarctica. It won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

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Cast

  • Robert Montgomery - Narrator (voice) (as Comdr. Robert Montgomery, U.S.N.R.)
  • Robert Taylor - Narrator (voice) (as Lt. Robert Taylor U.S.N.R.)
  • Van Heflin - Narrator (voice) (as Lt. Van Heflin, A.A.F., Ret.)
  • James Forrestal - Himself (as James V. Forrestal)
  • Chester W. Nimitz - Himself
  • Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd - Himself (as Admiral Byrd)
  • Richard H. Cruzen - Himself (as Admiral Cruzen)
  • Robert S. Quackenbush - Himself (as Captain Quackenbush)
  • George J. Dufek - Himself (as Captain George Dufek)
  • Paul A. Siple - Himself (as Dr. Siple)
  • Charles W. Thomas - Himself (as Captain Thomas)
  • Richard E. Byrd Jr. - Himself
  • Vernon D. Boyd - Himself (as Captain Boyd)
  • Charles A. Bond - Himself (as Captain Bond)
  • David E. Bunger - Himself (as Commander David E. Bunger)
  • John E. Clark - Himself (as Captain Clark)
  • John D. Howell - Himself (as Commander Howell)
  • William Kearns - Himself (as Lieutenant j.g. Bill Kearns)
  • Ralph LeBlanc - Himself (as Lieutenant j.g. Frenchie LeBlanc)
  • Henry H. Caldwell - Himself (as Captain Caldwell)
  • Owen McCarty - Himself
  • William Warr - Himself
  • James H. Robbins - Himself (as Shorty Rogers)

    • Reception

    The film earned $395,000 in the US and Canada and $181,000 elsewhere, resulting in a profit of $10,000.

    References

    The Secret Land Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    The Secret Land IMDb The Secret Land themoviedb.org


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