20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb7.2/10· 40K votes
Rotten Tomatoes91%
Metacritic83%
TMDb7.1/10· 980 votesWith 91% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.2/10 on IMDb and 83/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.
About 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.
Cast of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Kirk Douglas
as Ned Land
James Mason
as Captain Nemo
Paul Lukas
as Prof. Pierre Arronax
Peter Lorre
as Conseil
Robert J. Wilke
as First Mate of the Nautilus
Ted de Corsia
as Capt. Farragut
Carleton Young
as John Howard
J.M. Kerrigan
as Billy
Percy Helton
as Coach Driver
Gloria Pall
as Blonde Girlfriend (uncredited)
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Ron Nyman
as Sailor (uncredited)
Fred Graham
as Casey Moore (uncredited)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea facts
- Budget
- $5M
- Box office
- $28.2M
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Imaginative production design creates immersive underwater adventure world
- •Compelling moral complexity in Captain Nemo character development
- •Action sequences deliver spectacle appropriate to science fiction adaptation
What the audience disliked
- •Dated special effects occasionally break immersion in 2024 viewing
- •Supporting characters remain underdeveloped despite ensemble focus
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