Directed by Fred F. Sears
My rating: 1.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Sony Screen Classics by Request)
A scientist invents a machine that can predict earthquakes. Unfortunately it predicts one will strike the same day he unveils it, but nobody believes him until it is too late. He goes to the Carlsbad Caverns in the hope that putting the machine deep into the Earth will allow them to find the cause of the quakes. It turns out there is a new element which expands and explodes in contact with air, but can be controlled with water. So, to save the Earth they create rainfall with dry ice and blow up a dam. In addition to the questionable science on display, there is a tired romance with his assistant Kathryn Grant (Mrs. Bing Crosby in real life). The special effects aren't very special, mostly stock footage of unrelated weather disasters or miniatures from previous movies. Typical drive-in fodder from the producer-director team of Sam Katzman and Fred Sears, who brought us such masterpieces as The Giant Claw and The Werewolf.
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