Mysterious Island ★★★½ 1961 Exhilirating sci-fi classic adapted from Jules Verne's novel about escaping Civil War soldiers who go up in Verne balloon and come down on a Pacific island populated by giant animals. They also encounter two shipwrecked English ladies, pirates, and Captain Nemo (and his sub). Top-rate special effects by master Ray Harryhausen. 101m/C VHS. GB Michael Craig, Joan Greenwood, Michael Callan, Gary Merrill, Herbert Lom, Beth Rogan, Percy Herbert, Dan Jackson, Nigel Green;
Director:
Cy Endfield;
Writer:
John Prebble, Daniel Ullman, Crane Wilbur;
Writer:
Wilkie Cooper;
Cameo:
Bernard Herrmann.
