The Return of Captain Nemo

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The Return of Captain Nemo
Directed by	Alex March Paul Stader
Produced by	Irwin Allen Arthur Weiss
Written by	Jules Verne(novel) Larry Alexander Robert Bloch Robert C. Dennis Norman Katkov William Keys Mann Rubin Preston Wood
Starring	José Ferrer
Music by	Richard LaSalle
Cinematography	Lamar Boren
Release date(s)	March 8, 1978
Running time	102mins
Country	United States
Language	English
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The Return of Captain Nemo is a 1978 science fiction TV movie directed by Alex March and Paul Stader. It is loosely based on characters and settings from Jules Verne's novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.

In this version, Captain Nemo (played by José Ferrer) is found in suspended animation under the sea and revived by modern-day people in order to battle the King of Atlantis, who is under the control of a fiendish mad scientist. The film was to serve as the pilot for a very brief action series.

The film was a co-production between Irwin Allen Productions and Warner Bros. Television. It was distributed by CBS Television but was also released theatrically as The Amazing Captain Nemo.

[edit] Cast

Actor	Role
José Ferrer	Captain Nemo
Burgess Meredith	Prof. Waldo Cunningham
Mel Ferrer	Dr. Robert Cook
Horst Buchholz	King Tibor
Tom Hallick	Tom Franklin
Burr DeBenning	Jim Porter
Lynda Day George	Kate
Warren Stevens	Miller
Med Flory	Tor
Anthony McHugh	Radio Operator
Randolph Roberts	Helmsman
Richard Angarola	Trog
Art Balinger
Harvey Fisher
Anthony Geary	Bork
Peter Jason
Jerry Maren
Stephen Powers	Lloyd
Yale Summers	Sirak
David Westberg

[edit] Awards

In 1978 the movie received two Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Any Area of Creative Technical Crafts. These were for Frank Van der Veer (optical effects) and L.B. Abbott (special photographic effects).