Underwater! (1955)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

John Sturges

Writers:

Robert B. Bailey (story)
Hugh King (story)

Release Date:

17 April 1955 (Japan)

Genre:

Adventure

Tagline:

Jane Russell as you've never seen her before

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Shark

Cast

Jane Russell	...	Theresa Gray
Gilbert Roland	...	Dominic Quesada
Richard Egan	...	Johnny Gray
Lori Nelson	...	Gloria
Robert Keith	...	Father Cannon
Joseph Calleia	...	Rico Herrera
Eugene Iglesias	...	Miguel Vega
Ric Roman	...	Jesus

Also Known As:

The Big Rainbow (USA)

Runtime:

99 min | Spain:105 min | West Germany:85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.00 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Certification:

West Germany:12 (nf) | Finland:S

Filming Locations:

Hawaii, USA

Company:

RKO Radio Pictures

Trivia:

A Feb. 11, 1958 Los Angeles Times ad shows that this film was widely distributed on a double bill at many drive-in theaters with Disney's Old Yeller (1957).

Goofs:

Continuity: When Johnny and Dominic are showing their finds to Theresa, the mug-shaped object appears on the table a few seconds before Dominic lifts it out of the bag.

Soundtrack:

Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White

Pioneer Movie

I enjoy this movie very much and try to watch it periodically. As someone who took up SCUBA diving the year before this movie was made, I'd like to call attention to the fact that it is the first full length feature movie in which SCUBA was used. In fact, it was so early in the development of equipment that the tanks that they were using were smaller than the 72 cubic foot tanks that became standard for steel tanks.(There were other sizes.) Also, note the two hose regulators that are all but obsolete, the early flipper designs, and the primitive back packs. To some, the story may seem a little corny, but so were early aviation pictures and early submarine pictures. This considered, I think that the movie deserves look.