20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Plot

This 1954 Disney version of Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea represented the studio's costliest and most elaborate American-filmed effort to date. Kirk Douglas plays a trouble-shooting 19th century seaman, trying to discover why so many whaling ships have been disappearing of late. Teaming with scientist Paul Lukas and diver Peter Lorre, Douglas sets sail to investigate--and is promptly captured by the megalomaniac Captain Nemo (James Mason), who skippers a lavish, scientifically advanced submarine. The film's special effects, including a giant squid, were impressive enough in 1954 to win an Academy Award. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Cast

• Kirk Douglas - Ned Land
• James Mason - Captain Nemo
• Paul Lukas - Prof. Aronnax, Narrator
• Peter Lorre - Conseil
• Robert J. Wilke - 1st Mate of "Nautilus"

Carleton Young - John Howard; Percy Helton - Diver; Ted Cooper - Mate of "Abraham Lincoln"; Edward Marr - Shipping Agent; Fred Graham - Casey Moore; Ted de Corsia - Captain Farragut; Esmeralda - Conseil; Harry Harvey - Shipping Clerk; J.M. Kerrigan - Billy; Herb Vigran - Reporter

Credit

John Meehan - Art Director, Harper Goff - Supervising Art Director, Norman Martien - Costume Designer, Richard Fleischer - Director, Elmo Williams - Editor, Paul J. Smith - Composer (Music Score), Till Gabbani - Cinematographer, Ralph Hammeras - Cinematographer, Franz Planer - Cinematographer, Walt Disney - Producer, Emile Kuri - Set Designer, Eustace Lycett - Special Effects, Joshua Meador - Special Effects, John Hench - Special Effects, Earl Felton - Screenwriter, Peter Ellenshaw - Matte Artist, Johann Sebastian Bach - Featured Music, Jules Verne - Book Author

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