Professor Hardwigg, his nephew Harry, and their guide Hans explore a
volcanic crater in Iceland that leads them to the center of the Earth
and to incredible and horrifying discoveries.
After a lava rock reveals a secret message, the recently knighted
Professor Lindenbrook (James Mason) and his favorite student Alec (Pat
Boone) are off to a volcano that supposedly leads to the center of the
earth. Much to Lindenbrook's chagrin, he is forced to take along the
widow of a recently deceased rival scientist, since she owns some
valuable equipment. The journey takes several months and the group is
nearly killed when attacked by a descendant of an Icelandic scientist,
the source of the original communication. Eventually, hundreds of miles
below the earth's surface, the group discovers beasts long thought
extinct, as well as the lost city of Atlantis.
This review of Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) was written by Randy White
