

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1954
Directed by Richard Fleischer
- Adventure, Science Fiction, Fantasy
- 127 min
- G
The mightiest motion picture of them all!
A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.
AdventureScience FictionFantasyshipdivingsubmarineoceanatlantisdeep seawar shipdiving suitjules verneharpoonscuba divingsteampunk
- Animal harm
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Character
Earnest, classical in form, epic and grave.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
- rawmeticulous
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Cast
- Kirk DouglasNed Land
- James MasonCaptain Nemo
- Paul LukasProf. Pierre Arronax
- Peter LorreConseil
- Robert J. WilkeFirst Mate of the Nautilus
- Ted de CorsiaCapt. Farragut
- Carleton YoungJohn Howard
- J.M. KerriganBilly
- Percy HeltonCoach Driver
- Gloria PallBlonde Girlfriend (uncredited)
Crew
- Richard FleischerDirector
- Earl FeltonScreenplay
- Jules VerneNovel
- Franz PlanerDirector of Photography
- Paul J. SmithOriginal Music Composer
- Elmo WilliamsEditor
- Walt DisneyProducer
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