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title: '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Richard Fleischer'
released: '1954-12-23'
runtime_minutes: 127
certification: 'G'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Science Fiction'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/20000-leagues-under-the-sea-1954'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046672/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)

1954 · G · 127 min · Drama, Science Fiction · United States


## Synopsis

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. It was Disney's first feature film to be distributed by Buena Vista Distribution.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Richard Fleischer](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-fleischer)
- **Screenplay:** [Earl Felton](https://cinepixo.com/people/earl-felton)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Paul Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-smith), [Al Hoffman](https://cinepixo.com/people/al-hoffman)
- **Producer:** [Walt Disney](https://cinepixo.com/people/walt-disney)
- **Director of Photography:** [Franz Planer](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-planer), [Ralph Hammeras](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-hammeras), [Til Gabani](https://cinepixo.com/people/til-gabani)
- **Editor:** [Elmo Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/elmo-williams)

## Cast

- [James Mason](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-mason) as Captain Nemo
- [Dayton Lummis](https://cinepixo.com/people/dayton-lummis)
- [Jack Pennick](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-pennick)
- [J. M. Kerrigan](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-m-kerrigan) as Billy
- [Robert J. Wilke](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-j-wilke) as first mate of Nautilus
- [Harry Harvey](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-harvey) as shipping clerk
- [Charles Grodin](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-grodin)
- [Peter Lorre](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-lorre) as Conseil
- [Fred Graham](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-graham) as Casey Moore
- [Eddie Marr](https://cinepixo.com/people/eddie-marr) as shipping agent
- [Kirk Douglas](https://cinepixo.com/people/kirk-douglas) as Ned Land
- [Ted Cooper](https://cinepixo.com/people/ted-cooper) as mate of Lincoln
- [Herb Vigran](https://cinepixo.com/people/herb-vigran) as reporter
- [Percy Helton](https://cinepixo.com/people/percy-helton) as diver
- [Carleton Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/carleton-young) as John Howard

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