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19/12/1961 Adventure, Science Fiction 1h 41m
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A world beyond imagination! Adventure beyond belief!

Overview

During the US Civil War, Union POWs escape in a balloon and end up stranded on a South Pacific island, inhabited by giant plants and animals. They must use their ingenuity to survive the dangers, and to devise a way to return home. Sequel to '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' .

  1. Cy Endfield

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Michael Craig

    Capt. Cyrus Harding

  2. Joan Greenwood

    Lady Mary Fairchild

  3. Michael Callan

    Herbert Brown

  4. Gary Merrill

    Gideon Spilitt

  5. Herbert Lom

    Captain Nemo

  6. Beth Rogan

    Elena Fairchild

  7. Percy Herbert

    Sgt. Pencroft

  8. Dan Jackson

    Cpl. Neb Nugent

  9. Harry Monty

    Pirate (uncredited)

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2019-01-05
What I did was in the name of peace. Your war, like all wars, glories in devastation and death.

Mysterious Island is a loose adaptation of Jules Verne's novel of the same name. It's out of Columbia Pictures and was filmed at Shepperton Studios in England with exteriors on the coast of Spain. Directed by Cy Endfield, with Ray Harryhausen working his stop motion genius for the creatures, it stars Michael Craig, Joan Greenwood, Michael Callan, Gary Merrill, Herbert Lom, Beth Rogan, Percy Herbert & Dan Jackson. Bernard Herrmann provides the score.

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$2,000,000.00

Revenue
$0.00

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