Vihan lahti (1953)
Trivia
Although filmed in the standard 1.37-1 aspect ratio, this film was chosen by Universal-International as its first widescreen feature, accomplishing this by cropping the top and bottom and projecting it at 1.85-1 at Loew's State Theatre in New York City, as well as other sites. Its initial presentation also marked U-I's first use of directional stereophonic sound, although few theaters in the country had such equipment at the time.
A local newspaper reported in October 1952 that production had to be halted for about a week as the boats rented for use in this picture had all left Morgan City, Louisiana with the rest of the shrimping fleet on reports of a bonanza catch out in the Gulf of Mexico.
Fictionalized depiction of the first offshore oil well, defined as being out of sight of land. Drilling began on 9 September 1947 on a rig owned by the Kerr-McGee Corporation in 15 feet of water in the Gulf of Mexico, 10.5 miles off the coast of Louisiana.
Feature film debuts of Robert Monet and Marcia Henderson.
