Mysterious Island

1961 101 min ★ 6.6 Adventure, Science Fiction

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' .

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Cast

Michael Craig

Capt. Cyrus Harding

Joan Greenwood

Lady Mary Fairchild

Michael Callan

Herbert Brown

Gary Merrill

Gideon Spilitt

Herbert Lom

Captain Nemo

Beth Rogan

Elena Fairchild

Percy Herbert

Sgt. Pencroft

Dan Jackson

Cpl. Neb Nugent

Harry Monty

Pirate (uncredited)

Details

Director

Cy Endfield

Screenplay

John Prebble

Tagline

"A world beyond imagination! Adventure beyond belief!"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$2,000,000

Production

Ameran Films, Columbia Pictures

Reviews

J

John Chard

January 5, 2019

★ 7/10

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...