Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959 film)

Journey to the Center of the Earth
Directed byHenry Levin
Written byCharles Brackett
Walter Reisch
Based onJourney to the Center of the Earth
by Jules Verne
Produced byCharles Brackett
StarringJames Mason
Pat Boone
Arlene Dahl
Diane Baker
CinematographyLeo Tover, ASC
Edited byStuart Gilmore
Jack W. Holmes
Music byBernard Herrmann
Production
companies
Cooga Mooga Film Productions, Inc.
Joseph M. Schenck Enterprises, Inc.
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • December 16, 1959 (1959-12-16)
Running time
129 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3.44 million[1]
Box office$10 million[2]

Journey to the Center of the Earth (also called Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth) is a 1959 American science fiction adventure film in color by De Luxe, distributed by 20th Century Fox. The film, produced by Charles Brackett and directed by Henry Levin, stars James Mason, Pat Boone, and Arlene Dahl. Bernard Herrmann wrote the film score, and the film's storyline was adapted by Charles Brackett from the 1864 novel of the same name by Jules Verne.

  1. ^ Solomon 1989, p. 252.
  2. ^ "Journey to the Center of the Earth". The Numbers. Nash Information Services. Retrieved 13 January 2020.