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The Black Indies (1964)
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Original name: Les Indes noires
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
During the 1870s Scotland, mining engineer James Starr receives a letter from his old colleague Simon Ford who is living with his family in a cottage deep inside the abandoned Aberfoyle mine.Ford asks for Starr's help to solve mysterious and unexplained occurrences taking place deep inside the Dochart well of the Aberfoyle mine.Starr and Ford explore the mine and they discover a new vein of coal.The discovery revitalizes the local mining community, which has been out of work since the mine's closure.The new mining project leads to the development of a vast underground mining town built around an underground lake called Loch Malcom.However, the mysterious occurrences continue to take place and they threaten to destroy the new found prosperity of the underground mining town.
Style:
mysterious
Plot:
underground, abandoned mine, mining town, coal, cave, orphan, mine, discovery, evil, lake, letter, gas, lost, colleague, superstition, exploration, cottage, explosion, torch
Time:
19th century, 1800s
Place:
scotland
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychotronic, serious, suspenseful and exciting films with plots about escapades, danger, explosion, jules verne, cave, rivalry and rescue mostly in Adventure, Sci-Fi and Fantasy genres. Some movies like The Black Indies: Castle in the Carpathians (1981), Valley of the Dragons (1961), Those Fantastic Flying Fools (1967), Mysterious Planet (1982), At the Earth's Core (1976). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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