Around the World in Eighty Days – (1956)
Movie: Around the World in Eighty Days
Year: 1956
Also Known As: Michael Todd's Around the World in 80 Days
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Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Romance
Cast: Cantinflas, Finlay Currie, Robert Morley, Ronald Squire, Basil Sydney, Noel Coward, John Gielgud, Trevor Howard, Harcourt Williams, David Niven…
Plot: Phileas Fogg accepts a challenge from his fellow members at the Reform Club and sets of prove that you can travel around the world in a mind-boggling 80 days. He sets off by train to Paris with his new valet Passepartout but then is forced to continue the trip by balloon arriving next in Spain where Passepartout has an interesting encounter in the bullfighting ring. They finally make their way across the Mediterranean and through the Suez canal, arriving in Bombay two days ahead of schedule. They board the train for Calcutta where they find there is a 50 mile gap midway. The break in their journey proved eventful as they rescue an Indian princess, Aouda, who is about to be forced to commit suttee – throwing herself on her dead husband's funeral pyre. They make to Calcutta and on to Siam and the Honk Kong. Throughout the voyage, they are followed by a detective, Mr. Fix, who is convinced that Fogg is the thief responsible for the recent £55,000 theft at the bank of England…
Rated: 6.8/10 from 9,055 votes on IMDb
Release Date: (USA)
Runtime: 167
Tagline: Hop on a sailing railroad across The West! Be attacked by fierce prairie Indians! Rescue a Princess in India! Sail a burning Atlantic paddle-wheeler! Fight bulls in Spain! Romp through Paris!
Countries: USA
Directors: Michael Anderson
Writers: James Poe, John Farrow
Budget: $6,000,000
Languages: English, Spanish, French
Location: 20th Century Fox Studios – 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA