As previously mentioned, it makes the audience interested to see how an actual weekly series might have played out. 'The Amazing Captain Nemo' is, in general, quite agreeable it's played with such affable earnestness that this viewer couldn't resist it, even if the resolution ultimately fell short of real satisfaction. ![]() Anthony Geary ("UHF"), Peter Jason ("They Live"), and Jerry Maren ("Little Cigars") have small roles. They're well supported by Mel Ferrer ("Lili"), Horst Buchholz ("The Magnificent Seven"), Tom Hallick ("Hangar 18"), Burr DeBenning ("The Incredible Melting Man"), Lynda Day George ('Mission: Impossible'), Warren Stevens ("Forbidden Planet"), and Med Flory ("The Nutty Professor"). Ferrer makes for a very engaging Nemo, and Meredith is suitably amusing as the bad guy. But it's a treat to watch this cast at work. ![]() Overall, this viewer had fun with it, although the story kind of fades in the stretch the final third is not as much fun as the first two. While obviously not a patch on the Disney feature film of "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea", it looks like a fair amount of money was spent on this the sets are good, and the special effects DID win an Emmy for the production. It's too bad that such a series never materialized, as this TV movie has a wonderfully giddy, goofy, and old-fashioned quality that makes it good entertainment of its kind. 'The Amazing Captain Nemo' was conceived as a three-part pilot for a proposed series, and in fact SEVEN writers are credited with its script (including "Psycho" scribe Robert Bloch). Contents 1 Description 1.1 Points of interest 2 History 2.1 Background 3 Jungle Cruise appearances 3.1 Skipper Canteen 3.2 Trader Sams 3.2. Cunningham utilizes contemporary technology that is comparable to that devised by Nemo in the 19th century, and also commands a half-human / half-mechanical crew. The Nautilus is a fictional vehicle from Jules Verne s Vingt mille lieues sous les mers (French: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas) and its 1954 Disney adaptation. His order of business often consists of contending with a persistent nemesis, Professor Cunningham (Burgess Meredith, "Rocky" 1 to 3), a power-crazed mad scientist. The legendary Captain Nemo (Jose Ferrer, "The Caine Mutiny") is revived after a century in suspended animation, and has a series of adventures in the modern-day seas.
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