Chief? McLeod!

DETECTIVE STORY

1951

Directed by William Wyler

Written by Robert Wyler and Philip Yordan (based on the play by Sidney Kingsley)

Spoiler alert: moderate

Walt Disney, part XVIII: That's right! It's a measure of length!

20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA

So let's see what happens when you take the travelogue, the anti-imperial themes, and the breathless enthusiasm for made-up science out of Jules Verne's anti-imperialist science-fiction travelogue.  Is it still good?  Surprisingly, very slightly yes, but not much.

1954

Directed by Richard Fleischer

Written by Earl Felton (based on the novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne)

Spoiler alert: moderate