The read
A Balasaur Score of 59 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.4/10, Rotten Tomatoes 50%. Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do. Most of the 66 1930s adventure movies in this catalog score higher. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
Leo Vincey, told by his dying uncle of a lost land visited 500 years ago by his ancestor, heads out with family friend Horace Holly to try to discover the land and its secret of immortality, said to be contained within a mystic fire. Picking up Tanya, a guide's daughter, in the frozen Russian arctic, they stumble upon Kor, revealed to be a hidden civilization ruled over by an immortal queen, called She, who believes Vincey is her long-lost lover John Vincey, Leo's ancestor.
Ratings
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do.
41 audience votes
Key crew
- Lansing C. HoldenDirector
- Irving PichelDirector
- Max SteinerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Helen GahaganShe
- Randolph ScottLeo Vincey
- Helen MackTanya Dugmore
- Nigel BruceHorace Holly
- Lumsden HareDugmore
- Samuel S. HindsJohn Vincey
- Noble JohnsonAmahaggar Chief
- Gustav von SeyffertitzBillali
- Jim ThorpeCaptain of the Guards (uncredited)
