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Journey to the Center of the Earth ()

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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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  • Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 1 nomination.
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Alec McEwan
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Sir Oliver S. Lindenbrook
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Carla Göteborg
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Jenny Lindenbrook
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Count Saknussemm
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Hans Belker
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Groom
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Dean
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Mary Brady ...
Kirsty (uncredited)
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Rector (uncredited)
Gertrude the Duck ...
Gertrude (uncredited)
John Epper ...
Groom (uncredited)
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Innkeeper (uncredited)
Alex Finlayson ...
Prof. Bayle (uncredited)
Molly Glessing ...
News Vendor (uncredited)
Frederick Halliday ...
Chancellor (uncredited)
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Scots Newsman (uncredited)
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Shopkeeper (uncredited)
Molly Roden ...
Housekeeper (uncredited)
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University Professor (uncredited)
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Prof. Peter Göteborg (uncredited)
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Bearded Man at Newspaper Stand / University Student (uncredited)
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Laird of Glendarick (uncredited)
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Paisley (uncredited)

Directed by

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Henry Levin

Written by

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Walter Reisch ... (screenplay) and
Charles Brackett ... (screenplay)
 
Jules Verne ... (novel "Voyage au centre de la Terre")

Produced by

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Charles Brackett ... producer

Music by

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Bernard Herrmann

Cinematography by

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Leo Tover ... director of photography

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Stuart Gilmore
Jack W. Holmes

Editorial Department

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Leonard Doss ... color consultant

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Franz Bachelin
Herman A. Blumenthal
Lyle R. Wheeler

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Joseph Kish
Walter M. Scott

Costume Design by

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David Ffolkes

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Ben Nye ... makeup artist
Helen Turpin ... hair stylist
Lynn F. Reynolds ... makeup artist (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Hal Herman ... assistant director
Bob McNaught ... second unit director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Richard Lawrence ... uncredited
Harold Michelson ... illustrator (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Warren B. Delaplain ... sound
Bernard Freericks ... sound

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Johnny Borgese ... special effects (uncredited)
Gerald Endler ... special effects (uncredited)
Paul Wurtzel ... special effects (uncredited)

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L.B. Abbott ... special photographic effects
James B. Gordon ... special photographic effects
Emil Kosa Jr. ... special photographic effects

Music Department

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Ken Darby ... associate conductor: songs
Lionel Newman ... conductor: songs
Bernard Herrmann ... conductor (uncredited) / music producer (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Lincoln Barnett ... technical advisor
Peter Ronson ... technical advisor
Bernard Schwartz ... assistant to producers
Ralph Helfer ... animal supervisor: Nature's Haven Wild Animal Rental Co. (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

Edinburgh university professor Sir Oliver Lindenbrook believes he has found an very old message from a long lost scientist who may have found the way to journey to the center of the Earth. With his assistant, student Alec McKuen, he sets off for Iceland where an entrance in a volcanic range is to be found. They are soon joined by Carla Goetabaug, whose scientist-husband was recently murdered, and Icelander Hans Belker as they descend into the bowels of the Earth. There they will find fantastic creatures, exotic plants, the lost city of Atlantis and a foe who wants to keep knowledge of this underworld to himself. Written by garykmcd

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Taglines Based on Jules Verne's fantastic stories of strange adventure... See more »
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Also Known As
  • Journey to the Centre of the Earth (New Zealand, English title)
  • Journey to the Centre of the Earth (United Kingdom)
  • Voyage au centre de la Terre (France)
  • Die Reise zum Mittelpunkt der Erde (Germany)
  • Viaje al centro de la Tierra (Spain)
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  • 129 min
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Budget $3,440,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia James 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. See more »
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. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania (1999). See more »
Soundtracks My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose See more »
Quotes Sir Oliver Lindenbrook: Are we to be abducted every day in Iceland?
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