"Around the World in 80 Days" was the last completed score that Victor Young would write for films. It was a fabulously delicious movie with a galaxy of well-known stars from around the world playing momentary cameos. The two main stars who held the film together with their exploits around the world were David Niven and Mexican star "Cantiflas." It was produced by master showman Michael Todd who had never before produced a motion picture in his life. The filming took place between August 9 to December 20, 1955 costing just under $6 million dollars, a tidy sum in those days. The dazzling adventures assured the movie's fame and the title song, by Victor Young and lyricist Harold Adamson assured the film's fame. The song, in turn, became a big hit for Bing Crosby in 1957. Here singer Joni James makes a wonderfully fluid and inventive use of her astonishing voice.