Hell and High Water (1954)

NR02/06/1954Adventure, Drama, Action1h 43m
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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.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Richard Widmark

    Capt. Adam Jones

  2. Cast 1

    Bella Darvi

    Denise Montel

  3. Cast 1

    Victor Francen

    Prof. Montel

  4. Cast 1

    Cameron Mitchell

    'Ski' Brodski

  5. Cast 1

    Gene Evans

    Chief Holter

  6. Cast 1

    David Wayne

    Tugboat Walker

  7. Cast 1

    Stephen Bekassy

    Neuman

  8. Cast 1

    Richard Loo

    Hakada Fujimori

  9. Cast 1

    Robert Adler

    Welles (uncredited)

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...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$1,870,000.00

Revenue -

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