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Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
Director: Michael Anderson
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Mike Todd's inflation of Jules Verne, with Niven as Phileas Fogg and the Mexican comedian Cantinflas as Passepartout, becomes an interminable travelogue interspersed with sketches in which star-spotting affords some relief (there are cameos from hordes of luminaries ranging from Dietrich and Beatrice Lillie to Keaton and Sinatra). Some nice period touches, but the best bit comes courtesy of Méliès, whose 'Trip to the Moon' is used at the beginning.Author: TM
Cast & crew
Director: Michael Anderson
Producer: Michael Todd
Cast: David Niven, Cantinflas, Shirley MacLaine, Robert Newton, Charles Boyer, Noel Coward, Ronald Colman, Marlene Dietrich, John Gielgud, Hermione Gingold, Trevor Howard, Buster Keaton, Robert Morley, Frank Sinatra, Ava Gardner, Beatrice Lillie, Peter Lorre full cast
Genre(s): Action/Adventure
Duration: 175 mins
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