City Beneath the Sea (TV 1971)

A group of 21st-century colonists inhabit an underwater city called Pacifica. They find that they must defend their city against hostile alien forces.

Director:

Irwin Allen

Writers:

Irwin Allen (story), John Meredyth Lucas (screenplay)

Stars:

Stuart Whitman, Robert Wagner, Rosemary Forsyth

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Stuart Whitman	...	Adm. Michael Matthews
Robert Wagner	...	Brett
Rosemary Forsyth	...	Lia Holmes
Robert Colbert	...	Cmdr. Woody Patterson
Burr DeBenning	...	Aguila (as Burr De Benning)
Susana Miranda	...	Elena
Richard Basehart	...	The President
Joseph Cotten	...	Dr. Ziegler
James Darren	...	Dr. Talty
Paul Stewart	...	Barton
Sugar Ray Robinson	...	Capt. Hunter
Whit Bissell	...	Prof. Holmes
Larry Pennell	...	Bill Holmes
Tom Drake	...	Gen. Putnam
Sheila Allen	...	Blonde Woman (as Sheila Mathews)

Storyline

A group of 21st-century colonists inhabit an underwater city called Pacifica. Originally intended as a purely scientific installation, the U. S. government wants to stash all its gold reserves from Fort Knox there, along with a fantastic new radioactive element. The brother of Pacifica's returning former commander plans to steal the gold and on top of that, the city faces destruction by an asteroid from outer space.

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Plot Keywords:

underwater city | underwater | unsold tv series pilot | environmental issues | terrorist | 

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Taglines:

Theirs was the most dangerous mission in history . . . to save the world from total destruction!

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Genres:

Action | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 January 1971 (USA)

Also Known As:

Um 9 Uhr geht die Erde unter

Company Credits

Production Co:

Kent Productions, Motion Pictures International, Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

One of the underwater craft used in the movie is the "flying sub" from the later seasons of the television series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.

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Goofs

In the fight scene between Adm. Mathews and Brett in the vault. Brett is thrown against a pile of gold bars but the entire pile can be seen to start tipping over. Solid gold bars would be too heavy to be pushed over this way. Also the pile tips without any individual blocks moving out of place, revealing this to be a prop wall probably made of wood. All the other piles did not topple when pushed against.

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Connections

Remake of City Beneath the Sea (1969)

User Reviews

I loved it as a kid...

This movie came out when I was twelve years old. Although the effects are now cheesy compared to modern technology, at the time I loved it; it was perfect for a 12 year old. I remember at school the next day everyone saying how cool the movie was. It was perfect after having previously experiencing Lost in Space, Time Tunnel, Land of the Giants, etc... Irwin Allen knew how to entertain kids of that era.