

Journey to the Center of the Earth
A fabulous world below the world
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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6.9/10
532 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $3.4M
- Box office
- $10M
- Language
- Russian
- professor
- duck
- expedition
- edinburgh, scotland
- volcano
- giant lizard
- iceland
- travel
- prehistoric creature
- steampunk
- dinosaur
- center of the earth
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United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical16 Dec 1959
- PhysicalGFox Video #1248 [𝐕𝐇𝐒📼] 𝟭𝟮𝟵 mínutєѕ1 Jan 1991
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalU16 Dec 1959
AustriaAT
- Theatrical121 Mar 1960
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1015 Dec 1959
FranceFR
- TheatricalU11 May 1960
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1229 Jan 1960
IrelandIE
- TheatricalG16 Dec 1959
ItalyIT
- TheatricalTurin12 Feb 1960
- TheatricalMilan13 Feb 1960
SpainES
- TheatricalA16 Dec 1959
SwedenSE
- Theatrical1515 Dec 1959
Frequently asked questions
Journey to the Center of the Earth was released on 15 December 1959.
Audience reviews
3- J9/10
John Chard
9/6/2014
Wonderful fantasy adventure. Intrepid professor Sir Oliver S. Lindenbrook leads an expedition towards the center of the Earth via an extinct Icelandic volcano. The journey is sure to be fraught with danger and little do they know that their trip will take in many unchartered wonders...both good and bad! As adventure films go, Journey To The Center Of The Earth has few peers, it's a wonderful film based around t…
- W6/10
Wuchak
8/31/2019
***Into the bowels of the earth with James Mason, Pat Boone, Arlene Dahl and… Gertrude, the duck*** In 1880, a professor from Edinburgh (James Mason) leads a team to follow a renowned scientist's path down an extinct volcano in Iceland to explore the bowels of the earth. Pat Boone plays the professor’s favorite student, Arlene Dahl the Swedish wife of the professor’s rival, Peter Ronson a towering Icelandic ranch…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
6/14/2024
James Mason is super in this adaptation of the Jules Verne story about a Scottish scientist and his rather motley team who set off in search of a long-lost Icelandic vulcanologist deep in the bowels of the Earth. I've been watching this film for thirty odd years now, and it is still a good, entertaining version of a strong fantasy story. Thayer David is good as the evil "Count Saknussemm" and there is even a duck to …
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