An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center.
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Prof. Lindenbrook leads his intrepid party on an expedition to the center of the earth, via a volcano in Iceland, encountering all manner of prehistoric monsters and life-threatening hazards on the way. Written by Mark Hockley <markh@centurione.com>
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Based on Jules Verne's fantastic stories of strange adventure... See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
14 January 1960 (Sweden) See more »Also Known As:
Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth See more »Filming Locations:
Carlsbad Caverns National Park - 3225 National Parks Highway, Carlsbad, New Mexico, USA See more »Box Office
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$3,440,000 (estimated)Company Credits
Production Co:
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Cooga Mooga, Joseph M. Schenck Enterprises See more »
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Sir Oliver Lindenbrook: Hotels rarely advertise the fact that there are corpses lying around.
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By Robert Burns
Set to music by Jimmy Van Heusen (as James Van Heusen)
Sung by Pat Boone
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James Mason reportedly had very little patience with the "movie star" preening of Arlene Dahl and the relationship between the two off set was very much like what you see on screen. See more »Goofs
Iceland, the eldest democracy in the world, has had no titles of nobility for nearly 1000 years, therefore Saknussem's epithet of "count" is meaningless. See more »Quotes
Alec McKuen: [after discovering Professor Göteborg dead in his hotel room] Why didn't they tell us at the desk?Sir Oliver Lindenbrook: Hotels rarely advertise the fact that there are corpses lying around.
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My Love is Like a Red, Red RoseBy Robert Burns
Set to music by Jimmy Van Heusen (as James Van Heusen)
Sung by Pat Boone
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I saw this one when it first came out (and I was about 9 years old) and was hugely impressed with it, though I couldn't understand why they needed to add a girl to the plot. 40 some odd years later, I am still impressed by what they achieved in the way of plot, acting, and even the special effects still look not bad, but I still don't really see why they felt the need for adding a woman to the mix.<G> But Arlene Dahl is good enough in the part that I no longer feel bothered by it. James Mason is excellent as always, Pat Boone is not, but sings nicely, and the villain is villainous, and comes to a fitting ending, though i do regret that they left out the encounter with the ocean going monsters from the tale. All in all, a very pleasant way to spend part of your day.