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Battle Beneath the Earth

  • 1967
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
4.5/10
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Martin Benson, Kerwin Mathews, and Viviane Ventura in Battle Beneath the Earth (1967)
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A Chinese general goes berserk and has a system of tunnels dug all the way from China to USA, under the Pacific Ocean. The man who has discovered this is locked up because they think he is i... Read allA Chinese general goes berserk and has a system of tunnels dug all the way from China to USA, under the Pacific Ocean. The man who has discovered this is locked up because they think he is insane. US Navy soldiers go underground to repel the invaders.A Chinese general goes berserk and has a system of tunnels dug all the way from China to USA, under the Pacific Ocean. The man who has discovered this is locked up because they think he is insane. US Navy soldiers go underground to repel the invaders.

  • Director
    • Montgomery Tully
  • Writer
    • Charles F. Vetter
  • Stars
    • Kerwin Mathews
    • Viviane Ventura
    • Robert Ayres
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.5/10
    941
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Montgomery Tully
    • Writer
      • Charles F. Vetter
    • Stars
      • Kerwin Mathews
      • Viviane Ventura
      • Robert Ayres
    • 37User reviews
    • 14Critic reviews
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    Kerwin Mathews
    Kerwin Mathews
    • Commander Jonathan Shaw
    Viviane Ventura
    Viviane Ventura
    • Tila Yung
    Robert Ayres
    Robert Ayres
    • Admiral Felix Hillebrand
    Peter Arne
    Peter Arne
    • Arnold Kramer
    Al Mulock
    • Sergeant Marvin Mulberry
    Martin Benson
    Martin Benson
    • General Chan Lu
    Peter Elliott
    • Kengh Lee
    Earl Cameron
    Earl Cameron
    • Sergeant Seth Hawkins
    John Brandon
    John Brandon
    • Major Frank Cannon
    Ed Bishop
    Ed Bishop
    • Lt. Cmdr. Vance Cassidy
    • (as Edward Bishop)
    Bill Nagy
    Bill Nagy
    • Colonel Talbot Wilson
    Sarah Brackett
    Sarah Brackett
    • Meg Webson
    Paula Li Shiu
    • Dr. Arnn
    David Spenser
    • Major Chai
    Michael McStay
    • Train Commander
    Carl Jaffe
    Carl Jaffe
    • Dr. Galissi
    Norma West
    Norma West
    • Susan Kramer
    Larry Cross
    Larry Cross
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    • Director
      • Montgomery Tully
    • Writer
      • Charles F. Vetter
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    • Trivia
      The yellow cars that are driven underground were World War II-era German military vehicles made by Volkswagen, called a "Kübelwagen." The car wasn't sold to the public until 1971, where it was renamed the "Thing" in the USA, and "Trekker" in the UK.
    • Goofs
      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.
    • Quotes

      Arnold Kramer: You fool! They're twenty years ahead of us! They've got tunneling machines! They're coming in under us and you sit there like an idiot!

      Cmdr. Jonathan Shaw: Easy...

      Arnold Kramer: Don't you understand they're after us? They're going to wipe us out!

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      Featured in Out of this World Super Shock Show (2007)

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    5/10
    British And Not Very Proud Of It
    This a British film attempting to pretend to everyone and fooling no one that it`s a big budget Hollywood movie . It starts with a couple of Las Vegas cops with laughably bad American accents getting a report of a disturbance . Cut to some stock footage of Vegas with the cop car stopping beside a sidewalk that was obviously filmed inside a studio . Every expense has been spared with BATTLE BENEATH THE EARTH . Despite being set in the 1960s all the American troops have firearms and wear kit from the second world war while those nasty Chinese commies have death rays that are obviously flash lights , and in order to save on importing Chinese actors we have caucasians playing oriental villains . Why couldn`t they have employed Burt Kwouk ( Kato from THE PINK PANTHER movies ) I ask myself ?

    There is some enjoyment to be had from BATTLE BENEATH THE EARTH since it`s one of those " So bad it`s good " type films complete with absolutely ridiculous scenes that defy logic such as GIs` being able to defuse atomic bombs and people managing to outrun the blast from a nuclear explosion
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    • Apr 7, 2003

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    • Release date
      • May 15, 1968 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Karanlıkta savaş
    • Filming locations
      • MGM British Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK
    • Production company
      • Reynolds-Vetter Productions Ltd.
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 31 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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