Where was 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) filmed?
1954 film directed by Richard Fleischer
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) was filmed in Walt Disney Studios and Fox Studio Lot — 2 recorded filming locations in the United States. Every one is a filming-location statement on Wikidata, not a guess.
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Filming locations
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🎬 Studios & sets
Walt Disney Studios
🇺🇸 United States
film studio in Burbank, California, United States
“Stage 2 (1949) was built in partnership with Jack Webb (Dragnet), and Stage 3 (1953) was specifically designed with a deep water tank for 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.” Wikipedia
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Fox Studio Lot
🇺🇸 United States
film studio lot in Century City, Los Angeles
Also per Wikipedia's article
The article names 9 more places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.
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🎬 Studios & sets
Universal Studios Lot
🇺🇸 United States
television and film studio complex in Universal City, California
“According to the two-disc DVD documentary, the scenes in San Francisco at the beginning were filmed at Universal Studios while most of the modeling shots were done at 20th Century Fox.” Wikipedia
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Death Valley
🇺🇸 United States
desert basin in Inyo and San Bernadino counties in California, United States
“Other scenes were photographed in Nassau, Lyford Cay (where the 1916 version was filmed), and Death Valley.” Wikipedia
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🎬 Studios & sets
20th Century Studios
🇺🇸 United States
American film studio owned by The Walt Disney Company
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🏙 Towns & cities
Nassau
🇧🇸 The Bahamas
capital and largest city of the Bahamas
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Sunset Las Palmas Studios
🇺🇸 United States
located in 1040 N. Las Palmas Avenue in Hollywood, California
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Xtabi
🇯🇲 Jamaica
cave in Jamaica
“20,000 Leagues Under the Sea was filmed at locations in The Bahamas and Jamaica, with the cave scenes filmed beneath what is now the Xtabi Resort on the cliffs of Negril.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Negril
🇯🇲 Jamaica
city in Jamaica
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🏙 Towns & cities
Lyford Cay
🇧🇸 The Bahamas
Bahamian residential community
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🛣 Streets & squares
Forth Bridge
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
railway bridge in eastern Scotland
“The film's director and screenwriter extracted "the most memorable scenes from the novel and freely reordered them under the assumption that viewers would not remember the novel's order of events." Goff and Disney based the Nautilus 's design in the film on the interior of the Forth Bridge.” Wikipedia
Recorded only at country level
Wikidata also records this film as shot in Jamaica, The Bahamas, without saying where. Those statements are true but unmappable — a pin in the middle of a country would claim something nobody wrote — so they are listed here instead of guessed at.
Also shot in these places
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 2006
- Bruce Almighty 2003
- American Song Contest 2022
- Me and My Monsters 2010–2011
- Hell's Angels 1930
Set in the same places
Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea have?
2 places recorded on Wikidata, and 9 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia, across the United States.
Was 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea filmed at a studio?
Yes. Walt Disney Studios, recorded on Wikidata as a filming location.
Which other productions were filmed at the same places?
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006), Bruce Almighty (2003), American Song Contest (2022), Me and My Monsters (2010–2011) and 1 more, each listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, plus places named in the production's own Wikipedia article, which are labelled per Wikipedia. Nothing is scraped from listicles and nothing is generated.