This film was produced because of the great interest in Jules Verne stories and a recent film that was released, "Around the World in 80 Days", which won an Academy Award. The graphics were very expensive to create in the 1960's, nothing like they are today. The leading actors in this type of film were very unknown because their salaries had to be quite low in order to offset other expenses, like giant CRABS etc. Michael Craig,(Capt. Cyrus Harding) and Joan Greenwood,(Lady Mary Fairchild) were the stars and Gary Merrill,(Gideon Spilitt),"Clambake",'67 gave a great supporting role. Gary Merrill was the husband of Bette Davis in real life. This film held my interest and is truly a classic Jules Verne film from the early 1960's.
Review of Mysterious Island
