
Mysterious Island
- Adventure
- Science Fiction
During the US Civil War, Union POWs escape in a balloon and end up stranded on a South Pacific island, inhabited by giant plants and animals. They must use their ingenuity to survive the dangers, and to devise a way to return home. Sequel to '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' .
- Directed by
- Cy Endfield
- Written by
- Crane Wilbur, John Prebble, Daniel B. Ullman
- Based on
- Jules Verne
Cast
- Michael Craig
- Joan Greenwood
- Michael Callan
- Gary Merrill
- Herbert Lom
- Beth Rogan
- Percy Herbert
- Dan Jackson
- Harry Monty
Keywords
- based on novel or book
- stranded
- giant crab
- struggle for survival
- romance
- escape
- exotic island
- pirate
- giant animal
- submarine
- american civil war
- noblewoman
- giant insect
- escaped prisoner
- war correspondent
- cave
- beehive
- marooned
- hot air balloon
- prison break
- giant bird
- jules verne
- captain nemo
- confederate soldier
- cooperation
- volcanic island
- ammonite
- food supply
- union soldiers
- anti-war activist
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