Mysterious Island (serial)
| Mysterious Island | |
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Chapter 6 theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Spencer Gordon Bennet |
| Written by | Screenplay: Lewis Clay Royal K. Cole George H. Plympton |
| Based on | The Mysterious Island 1874 novel by Jules Verne |
| Produced by | Sam Katzman |
| Starring | Richard Crane Marshall Reed Karen Randle Ralph Hodges |
| Cinematography | William Whitley |
| Edited by | Earl Turner |
| Color process | Black and white |
Production company | Sam Katzman Productions |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 252 minutes (15 episodes) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Mysterious Island is a 1951 American 15-chapter movie serial from Columbia Pictures, the studio's 46th, that stars Richard Crane, Marshall Reed, Karen Randle, and Ralph Hodges. It is an adaptation of Jules Verne's 1874 novel, The Mysterious Island (L'Île mystérieuse). As in the original story, which was Verne's follow-up to Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas, this serial is set in 1865. However, Columbia's screenwriters added alien Mercurians as an additional set of villains. The serial has been labeled a space opera version of Verne's novel.