20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Richard Fleischer’s classic adaptation of Jules Verne’s novel stars James Mason as Captain Nemo, master of the submarine Nautilus, who aims to end all wars by destroying the vessels that service them. Having sunk the warship Abraham Lincoln, he rescues three survivors, scientist Pierre Arronax, his assistant Conseil and harpoonist Ned Land. While Nemo shows them his empire under the waves, replete with Oscar-winning special effects, the trio plot his downfall and their escape., Richard Fleischer’s classic adaptation of Jules Verne’s novel stars James Mason as Captain Nemo, master of the submarine Nautilus who aims to end all wars by sinking vessels that service it. Having sunk the warship Abraham Lincoln, he rescues survivors scientist Pierre Arronax, his assistant Conseil and harpoonist Ned Land. While Nemo shows them his empire under the waves, replete with Oscar-winning special effects, the trio plot his downfall and their escape., A marine scientist and his crew join forces with a sea captain to track down a mysterious deep water beast menacing sailors., Shipwrecked survivors are taken captive by the mysterious Captin Nemo aboard his submarine the Nautilus., Director: Richard Fleischer. A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo., In this Disney version of Jules Verne’s novel, Kirk Douglas plays a trouble-shooting 19th-century seaman, trying to discover why so many whaling ships have been disappearing of late. Douglas sets sail to investigate — and is promptly captured by the megalomaniac Captain Nemo, who skippers a lavish, scientifically advanced submarine., Oscar-winning special effects capture the flavor of Jules Verne’s 1868 novel about the mysterious Capt. Nemo and his submarine Nautilus.