20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a 1954 adventure film starring Kirk Douglas as Ned Land, James Mason as Captain Nemo, Paul Lukas as Professor Pierre Aronnax, and Peter Lorre as Conseil. It was the first science fiction film produced by Walt Disney Productions, as well as the only science-fiction film produced by Walt Disney himself. It was also the first feature length Disney film to be distributed by Buena Vista Distribution. The film has become the best-known adaptation of the book of the same name by Jules Verne, and cited as an early example of the genre of steampunk. In the year 1868,... rumors of a sea monster attacking ships in the Pacific Ocean have created apprehension and fear among sailors, disrupting the shipping lanes. Prof. Pierre M. Aronnax and his assistant, Conseil, are on their way to Saigon but get stuck in San Francisco by the halting of ships. The U.S. government invites Aronnax onto an expedition to either prove or disprove the monster's existence. One of their fellow crew is the cocky master harpooneer Ned Land. After months of fruitless searching, the monster is spotted one night.
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| Release date: | December 23, 1954 |
| Directed by: | Richard Fleischer |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 121 Minutes |
| Producer: | Walt Disney |
| Editor: | Emo Williams, Elmo Williams |
| Music by: | Paul Smith |
| Cinematography: | Franz Palner, Franz Planer |
| Screenplay by: | Earl Felton |
| Estimated budget: | $4,300,000 |
| Adapted from: | Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea |
| Genre: | Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Fantasy |