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On an archaeological dig in Asia, Dr. Roger Bentley finds a cuneiform tablet referring to an ancient society, the Shadow Dynasty, that was destroyed. An earthquake soon after reveals an ancient artifact and the scientists discover the ruins of an ancient temple world on a remote mountain site. It leads them to an underground world, lost in time, where people have adapted to low light. The High Priest Elinu doesnt welcome the presence of the new arrivals and wants them eliminated.
Archaeologists discover a mountaintop temple which leads them to the further discovery an underground civilization of Sumerians, lost to time and among whom they become trapped. This unknown, centuries-old subterranean patriarchal society comprises a brutal albino master race (having, over time, lost their pigment in their nearly lightless world), soil burrowing mole people (a subjugated humanoid slave race that has lost both human appearance and the power of speech), and goats (for milk, clothing, and occasional meat). All subsist on mushrooms. Their enclosed cavern limits their numbers; so, when three unexplained strangers arrive (the archaeologists), the high priest calls for their quick execution. A flashlight - with its indefensible brightness in their dim world - thwarts that plan, and three maidens must instead be sacrificed to the Eye of Ishtar, a temple chamber where citizens and criminals burn to death. Every once in awhile, someone within this society will be born with "the mark of darkness" (a.k.a. pigment). Thus is the case with Adad (whom everyone calls Adel), a genetic throwback whom the Sumerians easily give their visitors (now regarded as godly messengers due to the flashlight) as their own personal slave woman. Their presence, however, soon destabilizes this society, and as the mole people rise up to carry out their long-overdue revolt, the archaeologists are sentenced to death under the Eye of Ishtar - which turns out to be exactly what they want, since its merely a fissure to the outside world. Taking Adel with them (the only current Sumerian able to tolerate sunlight), they regain the mountaintop, only to encounter an earthquake (seemingly the wrath of the goddess Ishtar objecting to Adels escape).
John Agar
Dr. Roger Bentley
Cynthia Patrick
Adad
Hugh Beaumont
Dr. Jud Bellamin
Alan Napier
Elinu, the High Priest
Nestor Paiva
Prof. Etienne Lafarge
Phil Chambers
Dr. Paul Stuart
Rodd Redwing
Nazar
Robin Hughes
First Officer
Frank Baxter
Self (in introduction)
Joe Abdullah
Arab Foreman
Yvonne De Lavallade
Dancer
John Dodsworth
Priest
Arthur D. Gilmour
Sharu
Marc Hamilton
Priest
Bob Herron
Mole Person
Bob Hoy
Mole Person
Kay E. Kuter
Priest
James Logan
Officer
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