The boisterous, arrogant professor Challenger, a reputed biologist and anthropologist, dares the London Zoological Society to mount an expedition to verify his spectacular claim, without physical proof, that his previous expedition to the Amazonian basin found live dinosaurs. Apart from him and his 'socialite' counterpart, professor Summerlee, it consists of experienced discoverer Lord Roxbury, the young reporter Ed Malone -who got publicly struck down with Challenger's umbrella at his arrival- and Jennifer Holmes, Malone's news agency's boss's daughter, essentially as conditions for putting up the money. In Brazil they are joined by Jennifer's brother David and local 'guide' Manuel Gomez. They soon discover the dinosaurs are real and dangerous, like giant spiders, but loose their helicopter and thus are desperate for a way down from the isolated plateau. They learn Roxbury knew about the fate of Burton White, an explorer whose diary they find, thus presume to be dead, in search of diamonds, and confirmation of the local tribe being the lethal guardians of the plateau's secrets, but also get surprising help...

倒叙，科学家安德烈（大卫·海迪生 David Hedison饰）的美貌妻子海琳（帕特丽夏·欧文斯 Patricia Owens饰）打来电话，向安德烈的弟弟弗朗索瓦（文森特·普莱斯 Vincent Price饰）求助。她向弗朗索瓦和警探坦白，自己刚刚杀害了丈夫安德烈。案发前，安德烈痴迷研发他的时空交错机器，这个机器能够将人体分解传输到另一个地方再重组。可他万万没有想到的是：正在他埋头实验的时候，一只闯进来的丑陋苍蝇飞进了机器……　　这部由二十世纪福克斯公司于1958年推出的低成本科幻片《苍蝇》，可谓史上经典“变蝇人”的开山鼻祖。二十世纪福克斯公司相继推出1959年的《变蝇人回归》和1965年的《苍蝇的诅咒》。此后“苍蝇热”一发不可收拾，影响了八十年代的同类电影：1986年翻拍的《变蝇人》更加注重恐怖视觉的处理，荣获奥斯卡最佳化妆奖，而在1989年推出《变蝇人2》接力演绎“苍蝇热”。

在二次大战期间的南大西洋，美国驱逐舰海恩斯号用雷达追踪到德国潜艇信号，于是穆勒舰长（罗伯特.米彻姆饰）便展开追击。穆勒原担任货轮船长，因被鱼雷击沉而转任海恩斯号的舰长，船上多是新兵。德国史登堡舰长（克德.朱尔吉斯饰）亦是船舰作战好手，奉命与奇袭舰会合并取回英国密码，故一直坚守航线，却遭穆勒识破尾随而来。穆勒深怕弹援不中而反遭德国舰队围击，便每小时以深水炸弹轰击以待援兵赶来。德国潜艇被逼到深海海床以便甩脱追击，由于美舰不断轰击使德军船员受不了，史舰长以进行曲鼓舞士气，这样一来更被美军声纳探知予以轰击。海恩斯号也受重创，穆勒假装弃船引诱德潜艇浮出海面，以便轰击潜艇使两舰相撞……