Journey to the Center of the Earth
A fabulous world below the world
1959 • 132 min • Adventure · Fantasy · Family
Synopsis
An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center.
Our family guide
Best from age 7- 100 Reviewers · 3 · 53%
- 69 Audience · 520 · 47%
An Edinburgh professor leads an expedition deep into the Earth, encountering wondrous sights and perilous challenges. This classic adventure film features a daring journey through subterranean worlds.
- Violence & peril
- 3/10
- Language
- 1/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 2/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 1/10
- Scary moments
- 4/10
Heads up
- Some peril from creatures and natural disasters
- Characters face moments of claustrophobia
- A few tense situations involving a rival explorer
What it models well
- Curiosity and scientific exploration
- Teamwork and perseverance
- Bravery in the face of danger
Talk about it after
- What makes a good leader?
- The importance of respecting nature
- How different characters contribute to the team
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Top billed cast
Director: Henry Levin • Crew: Walter Reisch, Charles Brackett
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Reviewer notes
RecommendedJames Mason is super in this adaptation of the Jules Verne story about a Scottish scientist and his rather motley team who set off in search of a long-lost Icelandic vulcanologist deep in the bowels of the Earth. I've been watching this film for thirty odd years now, and it is still a good, entertaining version of a strong fantasy story. Thayer David is good as the evil "Count Saknussemm" and there is even a duck ...
Recommended***Into the bowels of the earth with James Mason, Pat Boone, Arlene Dahl and… Gertrude, the duck*** In 1880, a professor from Edinburgh (James Mason) leads a team to follow a renowned scientist's path down an extinct volcano in Iceland to explore the bowels of the earth. Pat Boone plays the professor’s favorite student, Arlene Dahl the Swedish wife of the professor’s rival, Peter Ronson a towering Icelandic ra...
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersWonderful fantasy adventure. Intrepid professor Sir Oliver S. Lindenbrook leads an expedition towards the center of the Earth via an extinct Icelandic volcano. The journey is sure to be fraught with danger and little do they know that their trip will take in many unchartered wonders...both good and bad! As adventure films go, Journey To The Center Of The Earth has few peers, it's a wonderful film based aroun...
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 6.9/10 (520)
- Age rating
- G
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $3,440,000
- Box office
- $10,000,000
- IMDb
- tt0052948
