Around the World in 80 Days is a family/comedy adventure film that was released to premiere on October 17, 1956 in New York City and December 22, 1956 in Los Angeles. The cast of stars for this production is large, (David Niven) stars as Phileas Fogg, (Cantinflas)'s role is that of Fogg's Valet Passepartout. The movie was nominated for 8 Oscar's, winning 5 of them, including Best Picture.

Set in 1872 London, Phileas Fogg (David Niven) makes a bet of 20,000-pounds with other members of London Reform Club that he can travel completly around the world in 80 days. Along with his valet Passepartout (Cantinflas) they leave Paris in a hot air balloon. Not long after his departure, there are those that suspect Fogg has stolen the 20,000 pounds from the Bank of England and Inspector Fixx (Robert Newton) is charged with bringing Fogg back to stand trial. An interesting set of circumstances arise in India when they come across Princess Aouda (Shirley MacLaine) who is being forced to join her late husband by committing suicide, Fogg and Passepartout are able to rescue her and she joins them on the rest of their journey. They visit many places as they race around the world, Inspector Fix hot on their trail. Inspector Fixx eventually catches up with them just hours before the end of the race and arrests him. Even though Fogg is cleared of all charges the arrest has ruined his chances of winning the bet, or has it?http://www.allmovie.com/work/around-the-world-in-80-days-2884

"His first production, "Around the World In 80 Days," lensed in the Todd-AO process, is a smasheroo from start to finish. He has brought the vintage Jules Verne novel to the wide screen with a roll and a flourish, embellishing the story with big and colorful visual values and a healthy sense of humor that shapes it into perhaps the most entertaining global story travelog ever made." —Variety Staff, Varietyhttp://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=Variety100&reviewid=VE1117488072&content=jump&jump=review&category=1935&cs=1

"Proof that you can buy an Academy Award, with David Niven, Cantinflas, and 44 stars in cameo roles spending a lot of Michael Todd's money as they tour the world in Jules Verne's balloon. Arguably the first of the screen extravaganzas (1956), and yes, it is extravagant." —Dave Kehr, The Chicago Readerhttp://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/around-the-world-in-80-days/Film?oid=1151639

"The wonder is that this Polyphemus of productions does not simply collapse of its own overweight; but, thanks principally to Showman Todd, the picture skips along with an amazing lightness-like a fat lady winning a cha-cha contest. As a travelogue, Around the World is at least as spectacular as anything Cinerama has slapped together." —Time.comhttp://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,867209,00.html