Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959 film)
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| Directed by | Henry Levin |
| Produced by | Charles Brackett |
| Written by | Charles Brackett Walter Reisch |
| Based on |
Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne |
| Starring |
James Mason Pat Boone Arlene Dahl |
| Music by | Bernard Herrmann |
| Cinematography | Leo Tover, ASC |
| Edited by |
Stuart Gilmore Jack W. Holmes |
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Cooga Mooga Film Productions, Inc.
Joseph M. Schenck Enterprises, Inc. |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time
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132 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3.44 million |
| Box office | $10 million |
Journey to the Center of the Earth (also called Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth) is a 1959 adventure film adapted by Charles Brackett from the novel of the same name by Jules Verne. Journey to the Center of the Earth was directed by Henry Levin and stars James Mason, Pat Boone and Arlene Dahl.
In Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1880, Professor Sir Oliver Lindenbrook (James Mason), a geologist at the University of Edinburgh, is given a piece of volcanic rock by his admiring student, Alec McEwan (Pat Boone). Deciding that the rock is unusually heavy, Lindenbrook, mostly thanks to the carelessness of his lab assistant, Mr. Paisley (Ben Wright), discovers a plumb bob inside bearing a cryptic inscription. Lindenbrook and Alec discover that it was left by a scientist named Arne Saknussemm, who had, almost 300 years earlier, found a passage to the center of the Earth by descending into Snæfellsjökull, a volcano in western Iceland. After translating the message, Lindenbrook immediately sets off with Alec to follow in the Icelandic pioneer's footsteps.
Professor Göteborg of (Ivan Triesault), upon receiving correspondence from Lindenbrook regarding the nature of the message, opts to try to reach the Earth's center first. Lindenbrook and McEwan chase him to Iceland. There, Göteborg and his assistant kidnap and imprison them in a cellar. They are freed by a local Icelander, Hans Bjelke (Pétur Ronson), and his pet duck Gertrud. They find Göteborg dead in his room at an inn. Lindenbrook finds some potassium cyanide crystals in Göteborg's goatee and concludes that he has been murdered.
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