An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center.An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center.An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center.
- Nominated for 3 Oscars
- 4 nominations total
Mary Brady
- Kirsty
- (uncredited)
Alan Caillou
- Rector
- (uncredited)
Gertrude the Duck
- Gertrude
- (uncredited)
John Epper
- Groom
- (uncredited)
Edith Evanson
- Innkeeper
- (uncredited)
Alex Finlayson
- Prof. Bayle
- (uncredited)
Molly Glessing
- News Vendor
- (uncredited)
Frederick Halliday
- Chancellor
- (uncredited)
Kendrick Huxham
- Scots Newsman
- (uncredited)
Owen McGiveney
- Shopkeeper
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaJames Mason reportedly had very little patience with Arlene Dahl's "movie star" preening. Their relationship off-screen was very much like their relationship on- screen.
- Goofs(at around 21 mins) Early in the movie, Oliver Lindenbrook speaks of the "stars and galaxies of outer space." In the 1880s, however, our Milky Way galaxy was believed to constitute the entire universe. Knowledge that other galaxies exist beyond our own did not come about till the 1920s. Thus a man of the 1880s would not use the word "galaxy" in its plural form.
- Quotes
Sir Oliver Lindenbrook: Are we to be abducted every day in Iceland?
- Alternate versionsIn some European versions of the film, for example the Spanish dubbing, the "Prof of Geology's Song" was re-dubbed into the "Gaudeamus Igitur" song.
- ConnectionsEdited into Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania (1999)
- SoundtracksMy Love is Like a Red, Red Rose
By Robert Burns
Set to music by Jimmy Van Heusen (as James Van Heusen)
Sung by Pat Boone
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More entertaining than many contemporary fantasy films
"Journey to the Center of the Earth" was produced at the height of studio dominance in the film business. 20th Century Fox would soon be nearly bankrupt from the red ink of "Cleopatra" (later saved by the success of "The Longest Day" and "The Sound of Music"). Consequently, every department contributed tons of production value and I would say the matching of studio sets with actual locations in Carlsbad Caverns was pretty flawless. Like a lot of fantasy adventure films of the 1950s and 1960s (ie. Jason and the Argonauts, The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad and The Wonders of Aladdin), "Journey to the Center of the Earth" focuses firmly on the characters and the special effects support the performances. Today, sadly, so much effort and time is spent in designing the special effects that the human characters suffer and become clichés (with the exception recently of Tobey Maguire's wonderful "Spiderman" and the recent "Superman"). Those of us who grew up in the 1950s, think of this film fondly as a perfect Saturday matinée entertainment. I can still remember sucking on my giant cherry lollipop, flipping popcorn boxes against the screen and enjoying that very ominous Bernard Herrmann musical score. For a singer, Pat Boone plays drama and adventure quite well and even looks good with his shirt off. Arlene Dahl is sexy in her tight bodice and Peter Ronson also performs well considering he had zero acting experience. James Mason's Professor Lindenbrook ties it all together nicely - it was probably his most physical role ever. And, of course there was Gertrude, who, unfortunately, probably ended up on someone's plate, rather than be retired to the Motion Picture Home for old ducks. Kai aye professor, indeed.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
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- Also known as
- Put u srediste Zemlje
- Filming locations
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park - 727 Carlsbad Caverns Highway, Carlsbad, New Mexico, USA(the center of the earth)
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- $3,440,000 (estimated)
- Runtime2 hours 9 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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By what name was Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) officially released in India in Hindi?
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