 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1954  PG-13, 127 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas, Peter Lorre, Robert J. Wilke, Carleton Young, Ted de Corsia, Eddie Marr, Percy Helton, Fred Graham, Herb Vigran, J.M. Kerrigan, Ted Cooper, Dayton Lummis, Jack Pennick
Captain Nemo (James Mason) and his submarine, Nautilus, fill the screen with the adventures imagined by Jules Verne in his classic novel. Many whaling ships have been lost at sea when Professor Pierre Aronnax (Paul Lukas), his aide Conseil (Peter Lorre), and harpoon master Ned Land (Kirk Douglas) voyage out in search of the sea monster that is supposedly sinking the ships. Their ship sinks, but they survive and are taken aboard Nautilus. They discover that the sea monster is actually the Nautilus, and they are amazed by the undersea world that greets them. Highlight: Kirk Douglas singing "A Whale of a Tale." The film won Oscars for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration and Best Special Effects and was nominated for Best Film Editing.
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Phantom from Space 1953  N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: W. Lee Wilder
Cast: Ted Cooper, Rudolph Anders, Noreen Nash, Harry Landers, James Seay, Jack Daly, Lela Nelson, Dick Sands, Michael Mark, Steve Clark, Harry Strang, Tom Bailey
An alien crash-lands in California and kills two people who are spooked by him. While being chased by the police, he takes off the spacesuit and guess what: the alien is invisible. But the creature has one fatal flaw that should prove useful to the authorities. Slow.
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