20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1985 film) the other hand, Captain Nemo has a great respect toward his men as well as the oceans of the world and their creatures. At the beginning of the voyage, the Nautilus is attacked by a giant squid that grabs Nemo but is killed by Ned. In the waters off India, Nemo saves a pearl-diver from a hungry shark and gives her a pearl. He then prevents Ned from killing a dugong. Ned, the professor, and Conseil escape the Nautilus by rowing to a tropical island but are chased back to the Nautilus by natives, whom Nemo scares away with electricity.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 film) cast as the mad inventor Captain Nemo". The film was also praised for the performances of the leading actors. This was the first time that major international stars such as Kirk Douglas, James Mason, and Peter Lorre had appeared in a Disney film, although Robert Newton, a well-known actor in British films, had played Long John Silver in Disney's "Treasure Island" (1950), and Richard Todd, another well-known British actor, had appeared in Disney's Technicolor live-action version of "The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men" (1952). Mason especially was singled out for his performance of Captain Nemo. Many people