Captain Nemo and the Underwater City offers Fraser a position at Templemer. This alienates Joab, who helps Fraser and the Baths steal Nautilus II, on condition they leave without bloodshed, and allow the crew to return with the submarine intact. They manage to take the submarine and are followed by Nemo in his submarine. Nemo explains there is fault with the Nautilus II's engines that means the sub could explode. The chase is brief. Unable to match the speed of the escaping submarine, Nemo has Nautilus I sheer away, to try 'going under the reef.' Confused by their pursuers apparently giving up, Fraser asks the Nautilus
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