Mysterious Island (1951)
- Directed by
- Spencer Gordon Bennet
- Genre
- fantasy film, action film, adventure film, science fiction film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 4h 12m
- Rating
- 6.6 of 10 from 7 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
After escaping from a Confederate prison camp during the Civil War, a group of men lands on a mysterious island. There they encounter strange animals, alien Mercurians, and the secrets of Captain Nemo. They must survive and find a way off the island.
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What happens
Mysterious Island is a 1951 American 15-chapter movie serial from Columbia Pictures, the studio's 46th, that stars Richard Crane, Marshall Reed, Karen Randle, and Ralph Hodges. It is an adaptation of Jules Verne's 1874 novel, The Mysterious Island (L'Île mystérieuse). As in the original story, which was Verne's follow-up to Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas, this serial is set in 1865. However, Columbia's screenwriters added alien Mercurians as an additional set of villains. The serial has been labeled a space opera version of Verne's novel. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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