Fresh
It's one of the very best Hollywood adventure movies, with lots of monsters, underground oceans, sinister villains, and touches which would have delighted Jules Verne himself.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Journey to the Center of the Earth
A fabulous world below the world
1959 · 2h 12m · Approved
Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Directed by
Henry Levin
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Journey to the Center of the Earth
Overview
An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center.
Director and cast
- Henry Levin Director
- James Mason as Oliver Lindenbrook
- Arlene Dahl as Carla Göteborg
- Pat Boone as Alec McKuen
- Peter Ronson as Hans Belker
- Thayer David as Count Saknussem
- Diane Baker as Jenny Lindenbrook
- Alan Napier as Dean
- Ben Wright as Paisley
- Alex Finlayson as Professor Bayle
- Edith Evanson as Innkeeper
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
84%
Tomatometer
Rotten
It's really not very striking make-believe, when all is said and done.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
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