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Writers:
Irwin Shaw (screenplay)
Max Catto (novel)
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Release Date:
May 1957 (UK) more
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Tagline:
Torrid, tempestuous Irena...the spark that turned the tropics into a blazing cauldron of passions! more
Plot:
Tony and Felix own a tramp boat, and sail around the Caribbean doing odd jobs and drinking a lot. They... more | add synopsis
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Film switches gears midway and turns story over to Jack Lemmon... more (21 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Rita Hayworth ... Irena

Robert Mitchum ... Felix Bowers

Jack Lemmon ... Tony

Herbert Lom ... Harbor Master
Bonar Colleano ... Lt. Sellars
Bernard Lee ... Dr. Sam Blake
Peter Illing ... Captain of the 'Ulysses'
Edric Connor ... Jimmy Jean
Anthony Newley ... Miguel

Eric Pohlmann ... Hotel Owner
Lionel Murton ... American
Vivian Matalon ... Sailor
Gordon Tanner ... Sailor
Maurice Kaufmann ... Sailor
Joan Miller ... Mrs. Canaday
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Runtime:
USA:116 min | UK:116 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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Average Shot Length (ASL) = 7.6 seconds more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: In an early scene, Felix and Tony are supposed to be transporting Irena on their boat when they get into a fist fight. Jimmy Jean continues to steer before eventually breaking up the fight. The camera pulls back and shows that the boat isn't moving. more
Quotes:
Irena: Sometimes you wonder what God had in mind when He invented the male sex. more
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Fire Down Below more

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7 out of 11 people found the following review useful.
Film switches gears midway and turns story over to Jack Lemmon..., 27 September 2006
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Author: Neil Doyle from U.S.A.

FIRE DOWN BELOW is watchable for the performances of ROBERT MITCHUM, RITA HAYWORTH and JACK LEMMON, as well as some good supporting actors, but there's a major disappointment.

The first half of the film deals with relationships and just starts to get added interest from the Mitchum-Hayworth chemistry when the story shifts gears and turns the rest of the plot over to Jack Lemmon for the film's climactic sub-plot. Ordinarily, this would have been fine, but not when viewers are expecting to see the Mitchum-Hayworth pairing develop into a deeper story of its own.

There's a lot of local color and some gorgeous scenery in Trinidad and Jamaica, but the story is an uninspired one that finally gets going once Hayworth enters the scene, then evaporates once she and Mitchum are given less to do.

Lemmon is fine as the happy go lucky, naive sort of bumbler he always played at this stage in his career. Hayworth is an even more jaded version of "Gilda" (maturing now and still quite attractive), and Mitchum is his usual laconic self.

Uneven as drama but watchable for its star appeal.

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