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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Based On the book by Jules Verne

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a 1954 American science fiction adventure film from Walt Disney Productions. Adapted from Jules Verne's 1870 novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas, the film was directed by Richard Fleischer, from a screenplay by Earl Felton. It stars Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas, and Peter Lorre. Photographed in Technicolor, the film was one of the first feature-length motion pictures to be filmed in CinemaScope.

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Release date:
December 23, 1954
Cast:
Ted de Corsia, Robert J. Wilke, J. M. Kerrigan, Carleton Young, Percy Helton
Country:
United States
Language:
English

Book vs Film

Cover of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
The Book · 1869

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Jules Verne

Poster for 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
The Film · 1954

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Richard Fleischer

★ 7.2 / 10 39,496 votes · IMDb

Reached the screen 85 years after publication.

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