Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Stuart Whitman | ... | Admiral Matthews | |
Rosemary Forsyth | ... | Lia Holmes | |
Robert Colbert | ... | Commander Patterson | |
Burr DeBenning | ... | Aguila (as Burr De Benning) | |
Susana Miranda | ... | Elena | |
Paul Stewart | ... | Barton | |
Whit Bissell | ... | Professor Holmes | |
Richard Basehart | ... | the President | |
Joseph Cotten | ... | Dr. Ziegler | |
James Darren | ... | Dr. Talty | |
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Sugar Ray Robinson | ... | Captain Hunter |
Larry Pennell | ... | Bill Holmes | |
William Bryant | ... | Captain Lunderson (as Bill Bryant) | |
Robert Dowdell | ... | Young Officer (as Bob Dowdell) | |
Edward G. Robinson Jr. | ... | Dr. Burkson |
In the 21st-century, a former underwater scientific installation has been repurposed as a city, known as Pacifica to the colonists who inhabit it. Now the U. S. government has plans to store the Ft. Knox gold reserves there, along with a fantastic new radioactive element. But, someone has plans of stealing the gold, and to make matters worse;, the city faces imminent destruction by an asteroid heading towards it. Written by <darkobserver@hotmail.com>
About a fantastic city beneath the sea.
Everything about this film, the effects, the sets, the casting, the actors, are all fine, but with the one problem area of Robert Colbert and the terrible lines he has and the terrible acting he gives.
An early character building scene in this film has Colbert respond to Stu Whitman by saying "that's right we all take orders ... just like Bill Holmes did". It sounded terrible!
But having said that. This is pure Irwin Allen showmanship of the best kind. As others have pointed out, Richard Basehart and the flying sub make this feel like an up-dated Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, and who could blame Irwin for wanting to bring back Voyage?
But non-Voyage things such as Stu Whitman and Robert Wagner (Beneath The 12 Mile Reef and The Towering Inferno) make this great entertainment. Also the Richard LaSalle score and big sets with blinking light Time Tunnel computers. I have actually made about 30 viewings of this film over the years.
I love it.