The Time Travelers is a 1964 American science fiction film directed by Ib Melchior and starring Preston Foster, Philip Carey, Merry Anders, Steve Franken, and John Hoyt. (Delores Wells, Playboy's Miss June 1960, has a bit part, as does superfan Forrest J Ackerman.) The film inspired the 1966 TV series The Time Tunnel, as well as the 1967 remake, Journey to the Center of Time.
Plot: In 1964, a team of scientists is trying to develop a view screen into the future. What they in fact get is a portal and they soon find themselves on the other side, 107 years into the future in the year 2071, when the portal collapses. The Earth of the future is barren and they are soon attacked by mutated humans but rescued by a group of scientists who are building a spaceship to take them to a new planet. They learn that much of Earth was destroyed as the result of a nuclear war. When it's determined that the visitors from the past cannot be included in the planned voyage, they work furiously to rebuild the portal and return to their own time before departure day. Meanwhile, always under the threat of attack from the mutants , friendships are formed and they learn of life in the future including the use of robots for menial tasks.
Credits:
Preston Foster as Dr. Erik von Steiner
Philip Carey as Dr. Steve Connors
Merry Anders as Carol White
John Hoyt as Dr. Varno
Dennis Patrick as Councilman Willard
Joan Woodbury as Gadra
Delores Wells as Reena
Steve Franken as Danny McKee, the Electrician
Forrest J. Ackerman as the square-frame technician
Berry Kroeger as Preston
Gloria Leslie as Councilwoman
Mollie Glessing as Android
Peter Strudwick as The Mutant
J. Edward McKinley as Raymond
Margaret Seldeen as Miss Hollister
