Battle Beneath the Earth (1967)

Director:

Montgomery Tully

Writers:

Charles F. Vetter (story)
Charles F. Vetter (original screenplay)

Release Date:

15 May 1968 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

An Incredible Battle Is Raging Right Under Your Feet!

Plot:

A Chinese general goes berserk and has a system of tunnels made all the way from China to USA, under the Pacific Ocean...

Plot Keywords:

Tunnel | Chinese | Bomb

Cast

Kerwin Mathews	...	Cmdr. Jonathan Shaw
Vivienne Ventura	...	Tila Yung (as Viviane Ventura)
Robert Ayres	...	Adm. Felix Hillebrand
Peter Arne	...	Arnold Kramer
Al Mulock	...	Sgt. Marvin Mulberry
Martin Benson	...	Gen. Chan Lu
Peter Elliott	...	Dr. Kengh Lee
Earl Cameron	...	Sgt. Seth Hawkins
John Brandon	...	Maj. Frank Cannon
Ed Bishop	...	Lt. Cmdr. Vance Cassidy (as Edward Bishop)
Bill Nagy	...	Col. Talbot Wilson
Sarah Brackett	...	Meg Webson
Paula Li Shiu	...	Dr. Arnn
David Spenser	...	Maj. Chai
Michael McStay	...	Bomb Train Commander

Also Known As:

Battle Beneath the Sea (USA)

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Reynolds-Vetter Productions Ltd.

Trivia:

Last feature of Carl Jaffe.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the opening scene in the police car the back projection is shown flipped so that all the store names read backwards. This is probably because the scenes were shot in Britain, who drive on the left, but set in the USA, who drive on the right.

Movie Connections:

Edited into Out of this World Super Shock Show (2007) (V)

War Of The Worms!

I watched this effort on TCM, and it gave me the laugh I needed after a very miserable week-end! Martin Benson was the mad Chinese general, made up impressively to look like his predecessor, Charlie Chan, complete with bushy, caucasian eye brows! Peter Elliot his head honcho, made up to look like a typical apple pie American, complete with Mikado make up!The late Peter Arne seemed just as at home as when serving in one of his excellent parts in the Pink Panther series of comedies! Remember the great shorts that made up The Twilight Zone? Well, this could've been one if it wasn't just a little bit too long! There were a few Americans in the cast, and even some orientals, but the movie was so obviously British, complete with terrible Las Vegas cops American accents.The background music was a cross between Dragnet and the Johnny Stacato theme. Maybe they should have used worms in the plot instead of Chinese, that would've been a little more believable! A real good laugh though, and I give this a 1 for awful as it is not too bad to even acknowledge as entertainment!