Master of the World (1961 film)

Master of the World is a 1961 science fiction film based upon the Jules Verne novels Robur the Conqueror and its sequel, Master of the World. The movie was written by Richard Matheson, directed by William Witney, and features Vincent Price, Charles Bronson, and Henry Hull. American International Pictures released the film as a double feature with Konga.

After the airship is seriously damaged by a storm, the captives manage to rig the gunpowder in the airships armory to explode, while the ship is anchored to the shoreline of an island for repairs. All escape down the anchor line except Strock, who follows while being shot at by the crew. First Strock, then Evans, work at cutting the anchor line, finally releasing the airship, which is damaged beyond repair moments later when the gunpowder explodes. Robur orders his crew to abandon ship, but they choose to ignore his final order, and gather in his quarters while he reads from Isaiahthe wellknown Swords into Plowshares passage, reminding them of their pledge to try to rid the world of war. The ship, along with Robur and his crew, crashes into the ocean and explodes, while the captives watch, injured but alive, from the shore.The film was an attempt by American International Pictures to create a prestigious epic adventure along the lines of 1956s Around the World in 80 Days. While it boasted a larger cast and more location work than was then the norm for AIP it was the studios biggest budget picture to date it still utilised stock footage, including the opening miniature shot of Elizabethan London from Laurence Oliviers Henry V as a standin for Victorian London, with the skyship Albatross superimposed over the top. Additional scenes of the Albatross destroying both sides in a naval engagement are created in the same manner, with stock footage borrowed from model shoots of Napoleonic sea battles. ........

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