Crack In The World.

An international consortium of scientists trying to tap into the Earth's geothermal energy is foiled by an extremely dense layer of material. To penetrate the barrier and reach the magma below, they intend to detonate an atomic device at the bottom of the hole. The leader of the project, Dr. Stephen Sorenson (Dana Andrews), is secretly dying of cancer, believes that the atomic device will burn its way through the barrier. But the project's chief geologist is convinced that the lower layers of the crust have been weakened by decades of underground nuclear tests, and that the detonation could produce a massive crack that

Credits

Cast
Dana Andrews, Janette Scott, Kieron Moore

Copyright

Complete catalog record
Crack In The World. Security Pictures. Released By Paramount Pictures Corp. 96 Min., Sd., Color, 35 Mm. Technicolor. © Paramount Pictures Corp. & Security Pictures, Inc.; 31dec64; Lp29816.

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