---
title: 'The Time Machine (1960)'
type: 'film'
director: 'George Pal'
released: '1960-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 99
certification: 'G'
genres:
  - 'Science Fiction'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-time-machine-1960'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054387/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Time Machine (1960)

1960 · G · 99 min · Science Fiction · United States


## Synopsis

The Time Machine is a 1960 American period post-apocalyptic science fiction film based on the 1895 novella of the same title by H. G. Wells. It was produced and directed by George Pal, and stars Rod Taylor, Yvette Mimieux, and Alan Young. The story is set in Victorian England and follows an inventor who constructs a machine that enables him to travel into the distant future. Once there, he discovers that mankind's descendants have divided into two species, the passive, childlike, and vegetarian Eloi and the underground-dwelling Morlocks, who feed on the Eloi.
 It received the Academy Award for Best Special Effects for its time-lapse photographic effects, which show the world changing rapidly as the time traveler journeys into the future.

## Credits

- **Director:** [George Pal](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-pal)
- **Producer:** [George Pal](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-pal)
- **Screenplay:** [David Duncan](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-duncan)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Russell Garcia](https://cinepixo.com/people/russell-garcia)
- **Director of Photography:** [Paul Vogel](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-vogel)
- **Editor:** [George Tomasini](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-tomasini)

## Cast

- [Kurt Waitzmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurt-waitzmann)
- [Sabine Eggerth](https://cinepixo.com/people/sabine-eggerth)
- [Curt Ackermann](https://cinepixo.com/people/curt-ackermann)
- [Alan Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-young) as Filby
- [Doris Lloyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/doris-lloyd) as Mrs. Watchett
- [Whit Bissell](https://cinepixo.com/people/whit-bissell)
- [Peter Schiff](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-schiff)
- [Yvette Mimieux](https://cinepixo.com/people/yvette-mimieux) as Weena
- [Rod Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/rod-taylor) as Time Traveller
- [Tom Helmore](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-helmore)
- [Sebastian Cabot](https://cinepixo.com/people/sebastian-cabot)
- [Alfred Balthoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-balthoff)

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