20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
(1954)
The mightiest motion picture of them all!
Stars: Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas, Peter Lorre, Robert J. Wilke
Director: Michael Anderson
Writer: Jules Verne, Joe Wiesenfeld
Language: English
Studio: Walt Disney Home Video
Duration: 122
Rated: G
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.
Kirk Douglas | Ned Land |
James Mason | Captain Nemo |
Peter Ellenshaw | |
Paul Lukas | Prof. Pierre Aronnax |
Peter Lorre | Conseil |
Elmo Williams | Editor |
Vincent Di Fate | |
Robert J. Wilke | First Mate of the Nautilus |
Ted de Corsia | Capt. Farragut |
Richard Crenna | Professor Aronnax |
Carleton Young | John Howard |
Ben Cross | Captain Nemo |
J.M. Kerrigan | Old Billy |
Julie Cox | Sophie |
Percy Helton | Coach Driver |
Paul Gross | Ned |
Michael Jayston | Admiral John E. Sellings |
Ted Cooper | Mate on 'Lincoln' |
Jeff Harding | Captain Michael Farragut |
David Henry | Scotia captain |
James Vaughan | Father |
Susannah Fellows | Mother |
Joshua Brody | Child |
Phillip Van Dyke | Ned Land (as a boy) |
Linda DeVetta | Makeup Artist |
Valecia Sarmento | Makeup Artist |
Debra-Lee Davidson | Makeup Artist |
Mike Lockey | Makeup Artist |
Paul Lowin | Production Manager |
Jerry Daly | Production Manager |
Tiny Nicholls | Costume Design |
Ethel Robins Richards | Set Decoration |
Amanda Ackland-Snow | Set Decoration |
Cliff Robinson | Art Direction |
Roger Bowles | Art Direction |
Brian Ackland-Snow | Set Designer |
Lynn Kressel | Casting |
Jason Krasucki | Editor |
Alan Hume | Director of Photography |
John Scott | Music |
Genre: Action & Adventure
Media: DVD
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1
IMDb: 0046672