Mysterious Island

DIRECTOR:

Cy Endfield

STARRING:

Michael Craig, Joan Greenwood and Michael Callan.

PLOT:

Before the age of crappy CGI, there were amazing adventure films like this gem. During the US Civil War, Union POWs escape in a balloon and end up stranded on a South Pacific island, inhabited by giant plants and animals. They must use their ingenuity to survive the dangers, and to devise a way to return home. Sequel to '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' .