In Bermuda, two amateur treasure-hunting divers have a run-in with local criminals when they inadvertently discover the secret cargo of a World War II shipwreck.In Bermuda, two amateur treasure-hunting divers have a run-in with local criminals when they inadvertently discover the secret cargo of a World War II shipwreck.In Bermuda, two amateur treasure-hunting divers have a run-in with local criminals when they inadvertently discover the secret cargo of a World War II shipwreck.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 4 nominations total
Louis Gossett Jr.
- Henri Cloche
- (as Louis Gossett)
Peter Benchley
- Mate
- (uncredited)
Cameron Mitchell
- 'Goliath' Captain
- (uncredited)
Colin Shaw
- Young Romer Treece
- (uncredited)
Peter Wallach
- Young Adam Coffin
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn the beginning of the movie, whilst Gail (Jacqueline Bisset) is diving, she reaches under a part of the shipwreck and gets her arm yanked by the giant green moray eel, which causes her to scream in pain. In real life, her stunt double, Jackie Kilbride, dislocated her shoulder doing this scene. A diver was told to pull the stick attached to her wrist from inside the wreck. When the stick appeared, he pulled with all of his might (as instructed). The scene was done in one take, with multiple cameras, as there was no chance (or need) for repeating it.
- GoofsRight after Gail had the voodoo encounter in her hotel room, we see Sanders (Nick Nolte) sitting and talking with Treece. He is toying with a cigar in his fingers. The cigar is wrapped in its protective plastic/cellophane wrapper. The view goes to a closeup of Sanders running the cigar under his nose to smell it, and we see the cigar is clearly bare - no longer wrapped in its plastic wrapper. Then the camera angle goes back to the long shot, and Sanders is once again toying with the cigar, only now it's in the cellophane wrapper.
- Quotes
David Sanders: I'm goin' down there, and you're gonna have to blow me up too!
Romer Treece: As you please, boy.
- Crazy creditsOpening credits prologue: Bermuda
- Alternate versionsMore scenes from the television version NBC broadcast include: A scene in which just Treece and David go diving, whilst Gail and Coffin speak of Treece's past, including his wife who was murdered by a drug dealer. When David and Gail first go to Treece's lighthouse, they are stopped and held at gun point by a territorial Kevin. Whilst David is turning the rented scuba equipment in, Gail goes and we see her rinse off the salt water from the sea. A scene where Cloche attacks Treece's lighthouse in the middle of the night, threatening to kill David and Gail.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Making of 'the Deep' (1977)
Featured review
Reason number one is of course the opening wet t shirt sequence. Jacqueline Bisset's famous breasts are on ample display, but cannot maintain interest for 123 minutes of "The Deep". I would hate to see the extended 176 minute version, because scenes, especially underwater, are stretched way too long as is. Reason number two is the fight on the beach cliff elevator. This is certainly a unique contraption, and makes for an exciting and well photographed confrontation. Reason number three is Robert Tessier's battle with one of Lou Gossett's thugs. This is about as intense as it gets. Reason number four is if you ever wanted to see the top blown off a lighthouse, this is your movie. The slow motion explosion is amazingly shot. That's about it for "The Deep". The motives for all the treasure hunting mayhem are murky and the rushed underwater ending is disappointing. - MERK
- merklekranz
- Jan 25, 2020
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Details
Box office
- Budget
- $9,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $47,346,365
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,835,540
- Jun 19, 1977
- Gross worldwide
- $47,346,365
- Runtime2 hours 3 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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