Release Year:
1949MMPA Rating:
NRNetflix Star Rating:
3.2 / 5 StarsAvailable Since:
May 01, 2013Christopher Columbus
Explorer Christopher Columbus (Fredric March) discovers the new world in this 1949 British production featuring a score performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. After convincing Queen Isabella to finance his excursion, Columbus and his crew set out on the Niña, Pinta and Santa Maria. Mutiny and exhaustion threaten to bring an end to his quest, but the adventurers finally land in the new world, and Columbus returns to Spain a hero.
Cast Summary:
Fredric March, Linden Travers, James Robertson Justice, Kathleen Ryan, Nora Swinburne, Derek Bond, Francis L. Sullivan, Abraham Sofaer, Florence Eldridge, Dennis Vance, Richard Aherne