Mysterious Island

Based On the book by Jules Verne

Mysterious Island (UK: Jules Verne's Mysterious Island) is a 1961 science fiction adventure film about prisoners in the American Civil War who escape in a balloon and then find themselves stranded on a remote island populated by giant animals. Loosely based upon the 1874 novel The Mysterious Island (L'Île mystérieuse) by Jules Verne (which was the sequel to two other novels by Verne, 1867's In Search of the Castaways and 1870's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas), the film was produced by Charles H. Schneer and directed by Cy Endfield. Shot in Catalonia, Spain, and at Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, England, the film serves as a showcase for Ray Harryhausen's stop motion animation effects. Like several of Harryhausen's classic productions, the musical score was composed by Bernard Herrmann.

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Release date:

1961

Director:

Cy Endfield, Ray Harryhausen

Cast:

Michael Craig, Joan Greenwood, Michael Callan, Gary Merrill, Herbert Lom

Genre:

Fantasy, Science Fiction, Adventure, Monster

Country:

United States, United Kingdom

Language:

Spanish

Year page:

1961 in adaptations