Mysterious Island (1961) Part 6

Jules Verne's classic adventure is perfectly matched with Ray Harryhausen's timeless movie magic in Mysterious Island. Based on Verne's sequel to 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, this rousing Civil War-era fantasy begins when a band of Union war prisoners(Michael Craig, Michael Callan and Gary Merrill) and one Confederate straggler escape in a hot-air balloon, which crash-lands on the titular island of mystery. Under the capable direction of genre specialist Cy Endfield, the story features giant oysters, bees, a prehistoric Phororhacos (a giant chickenlike bird!), an undersea cephalopod, a giant crab, and enough danger to keep its resourceful ensemble on constant alert. Captain Nemo (Herbert Lom) is a third-act hero, pursuing an ill-fated dream to save humanity from hunger and war. Also stars Joan Greenwood.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Mysterious
• Island
• Jules
• Verne

[hjb103055]

@cellofingers He's Gary Merrill and he was married to Bette Davis from 1950 to 1960.

[perlaand]

As always they have or must kill. It seems the beastly of mankind is in embedded in the DNA.

[mysterymediacorp]

4:30-4:40, best part of this classic movie :)

[IsaacBickerstaffEsq]

@senteron The worst part of being a zombie killer? They don't taste at all like chicken. Don't ask me how I know.

[MexiGojira]

Hmm, grilled Phorusrhacos! *dool*

[cellofingers]

Who played Mr. Spillett?

[njattack]

Beth Rogan was married to one of the founders of Shell Oil. She got divorced.

[Drittkladden]

That auntie is so annoying!

[ellingtonish]

It's a DODO BIRD! I favorite bird of all time!

[scotpens]

Elena's fetching costume is, of course, a concession to modern movie audiences. In the mid-19th century, no respectable Englishwoman would have paraded around in front of a bunch of men with her legs bare almost up to her butt -- even on an island thousands of miles from civilization.

Beth Rogan sure was a cutie, wasn't she? And she did have nice legs.