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Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
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Reviews Counted:17
Fresh:11
Rotten:6
Average Rating:5.6/10
Consensus: Around the World in 80 Days still offers amusing, if shallow, entertainment.
Runtime: 3 hrs 2 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: David Niven is perfect as an imperturbable English gentleman who attempts to win a bet by circumnavigating the globe in 80 days. The Jules Verne story, 100 locations, 40 cameo appearances by... David Niven is perfect as an imperturbable English gentleman who attempts to win a bet by circumnavigating the globe in 80 days. The Jules Verne story, 100 locations, 40 cameo appearances by Hollywood players, a Victor Young score, and S.J. Perelman among the writers guarantee delightful family fare. The beginning of the film features a prologue by Edward R. Murrow, the esteemed television journalist, and it includes the first film to be based on a Jules Verne novel, Georges Melies's A TRIP TO THE MOON from 1902. [More]
Starring: David Niven, Cantinflas, Charles Boyer, Robert Newton
Starring: David Niven, Cantinflas, Charles Boyer, Robert Newton, Shirley MacLaine, Joe E. Brown, Martine Carol, John Carradine, Charles Coburn, Ronald Colman, Melville Cooper, Noël Coward, Finlay Currie, Reginald Denny, Andy Devine, Marlene Dietrich, Fernandel, John Gielgud, Hermione Gingold, Jose Greco, Cedric Hardwicke, Trevor Howard, Glynis Johns, Buster Keaton, Evelyn Keyes, Beatrice Lillie, Peter Lorre, Edmund Lowe, A. E. Matthews, Mike Mazurki, Tim McCoy, Victor McLaglen, John Mills, Alan Mowbray, Robert Morley, Jack Oakie, George Raft, Gilbert Roland, Cesar Romero, Frank Sinatra, Red Skelton, Ronald Squire, Basil Sidney, Harcourt Williams, Edward R. Murrow
Director: Michael Anderson
Director: Michael Anderson
Story: Jules Verne
Producer: Michael Todd
Composer: Victor Young
Reviews for Around the World in 80 Days
Cantinflas is half responsible for making 'Around the World in 80 Days' a successful movie. He is immensely fun to watch.
The movie is big, the movie is fun, the movie is spectacular to watch. Which is all that counts.
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