Hell and High Water

2/6/19541h 43m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ 29 men and one woman ... in the captive world of a submarine ! ~

Overview:

A privately-financed scientist and his colleagues hire an ex-Navy officer to conduct an Alaskan submarine expedition in order to prevent a Red Chinese anti-American plot that may lead to World War III. Mixes deviously plotted schoolboy fiction with submarine spectacle and cold war heroics.

Director:

Samuel Fuller

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$1,870,000.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

submarine
alaska

Cast

Richard Widmark

~ as ~

Capt. Adam Jones

Bella Darvi

~ as ~

Denise Montel

Victor Francen

~ as ~

Prof. Montel

Cameron Mitchell

~ as ~

'Ski' Brodski

Gene Evans

~ as ~

Chief Holter

David Wayne

~ as ~

Tugboat Walker

Stephen Bekassy

~ as ~

Neuman

Richard Loo

~ as ~

Hakada Fujimori

Robert Adler

~ as ~

Welles (uncredited)

Eugene Borden

~ as ~

French Reporter (uncredited)

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 2 year(s) ago
7
Richard Widmark is on quite good form here, as the veteran naval officer hired by a group of scientists to take a ramshackle old submarine from Japan to investigate some mysterious goings-on on an island under Chinese control, and where they think atomic experiments may be taking place. Setting sail with "Prof. Montel" (Victor Francen) and his assistant "Denise" (Bella Darvi) it soon becomes clear that their scarcely functioning vessel is not going to be the captain's only concern as they have to dodge enemy patrols and reach their target. I like submarine films, and this one isn't bad. Samuel Fuller takes a while to get us underway, but once he does the trip is quite exciting despite the odd romantic interlude. The ending is a bit daft, but the whole film still holds up quite well as a decent adventure with quite a fun underwater duel, an unique rendition of "Don't Fence Me In" and a suitably rousing score, too.