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6.3/10   500 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Jesse Lasky Jr. (screenplay) and
Samuel Fuller (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
6 February 1954 (USA) more
Plot:
A privately-financed scientist and his colleagues hire an ex-Navy officer to conduct an Alaskan submarine... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Silly criticisms more (23 total)

Cast

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Richard Widmark ... Capt. Adam Jones
Bella Darvi ... Denise Montel
Victor Francen ... Prof. Montel
Cameron Mitchell ... 'Ski' Brodski
Gene Evans ... Chief Holter
David Wayne ... Tugboat Walker
Stephen Bekassy ... Neuman
Richard Loo ... Hakada Fujimori
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Additional Details

Runtime:
103 min | USA:99 min (FMC Library Print)
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.55 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
4-Track Stereo (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
West Germany:12 (f) | Canada:PG (video rating) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:U | USA:Approved (PCA #16624, General Audience)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
This was Twentieth Century-Fox's fifth CinemaScope production. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When the landing party is making its escape from the second island, Captain Jones' hat falls off as they are getting in the dingy. The actor is clearly a dark-haired double for Richard Widmark. more
Quotes:
Prof. Montel: Each man has his own reasons for living, Mr. Jones, and his own price for dying. more
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Silly criticisms, 29 August 2006
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Author: joe-1035 from United States

While I was earnestly waiting for some of the moments of hilarity one of the reviewers wrote about (which I never found), I thought it would be worthwhile to point out some of the sillier criticism also made.

First of all the bucket scene happened before the ramming scene - not after. Plus, submarines have buckets on them. Isn't that strange. It seems the makers of submarines sort of figured stuff like that out - sometimes subs take on water and it must be moved. And yes, they would have lots and lots of buckets. More than one sub in WWII was saved because of them. The reviewer may also not have seen the part where the buckets are being returned.

He also comments on if the sub was already underwater, where were they taking the water. Again, submariners got that one figured out too. They were taking it to a place where there was a working pump to pump the water off the sub.

Overall it was a decent diversion. But then I'm a fan or Richard Widmark so I may be biased.

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