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Name: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Released: 1954-12-23
Cast: Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas, Peter Lorre, Robert J. Wilke

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

G
2h 7m
1954

91%

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Climb aboard the Nautilus and into a strange undersea world of spellbinding adventure! Kirk Douglas, Paul Lukas, and Peter Lorre star as shipwrecked survivors taken captive by the mysterious Captain Nemo, brilliantly portrayed by James Mason. Wavering between genius and madness, Nemo has launched a deadly crusade across the seven seas. But can the captive crew expose his evil plan before he destroys the world? Disney's brilliant Academy Award®-winning (Best Art Direction and Best Special Effects) adaptation of Jules Verne's gripping tale makes 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA a truly mesmerizing masterpiece!

Director:

Richard Fleischer

Producer:

Walt Disney

Writer:

Earl Felton

Cast:

Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas, Peter Lorre, Robert J. Wilke, Ted de Corsia, Carleton Young, J.M. Kerrigan, Percy Helton, Ted Cooper, Edward Marr, Fred Graham

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

91%

Critics Consensus: One of Disney's finest live-action adventures, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea brings Jules Verne's classic sci-fi tale to vivid life, and features an awesome giant squid.

Reviews

Fat Guys at the Movies

Kevin Carr

Visionary for the 50s, this suffers a bit from the serialized nature of the source material.

... delivers when it comes to story, dialogue, acting and overall bonhomie; it’s a cinematic game-changer of its day that still comes up fresh as paint today...

It never loses its sense of spectacle during the underwater journey in CinemaScope. [Full review in Spanish]

definitive big screen big budget adaptation

March 1, 2022

FULL REVIEW