bhryun Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 I'm trying to determine the name of a movie made no later than the early 1960's in which a man winds up stranded on a beach. As the tide comes in, he is forced to retreat under a cliff that overhangs the beach. When he gets there, he sees a vertical shaft leading upward. He begins climbing up the shaft with his back pressed against one side and his feet pushed against the other. The camera angle changes occasionally to provide a view of him from above. I think when he finally reaches the top he finds some kind of Utopian society there. I thought for years maybe this movie was Lost Horizon, but when I finally saw the 1937 original I found out that wasn't it. If anyone knows what this movie is, please let me know! Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayresorchids Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 It sounds a little bit like The Time Machine (1960) with Rod Taylor, except that he arrives in a futuristic (and not utopian) society in the time machine, and has to climb DOWN a strange well to battle the forces of evil in this future place. (I know this differs from what you described, but if you're anything like me, you sometimes get a couple of long-ago-seen movies' images stuck in your head and mixed!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhryun Posted March 8, 2005 Author Share Posted March 8, 2005 Thanks for the response, but it's definitely not The Time Machine. I know that one pretty well -- it's one of my favorite Sci-Fi movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bggalaxy Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 Just to let you know, this rings a bell. Give me time, it may make it's way to the front of memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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