Warlords of the Deep (1978)

Searching for the lost world of Atlantis, Prof. Aitken, his son Charles and Greg Collinson are betrayed by the crew of their expedition's ship, attracted by the fabulous treasures of ... See full summary »

Director:

Kevin Connor

Writer:

Brian Hayles (screenplay)

Stars:

Doug McClure, Peter Gilmore, Shane Rimmer

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Doug McClure	...	Greg Collinson
Peter Gilmore	...	Charles Aitken
Shane Rimmer	...	Captain Daniels
Lea Brodie	...	Delphine
Michael Gothard	...	Atmir
Hal Galili	...	Grogan
John Ratzenberger	...	Fenn
Derry Power	...	Jacko
Donald Bisset	...	Professor Aitken
Ashley Knight	...	Sandy
Robert Brown	...	Briggs
Cyd Charisse	...	Atsil
Daniel Massey	...	Atraxon

Storyline

Searching for the lost world of Atlantis, Prof. Aitken, his son Charles and Greg Collinson are betrayed by the crew of their expedition's ship, attracted by the fabulous treasures of Atlantis. The diving bell destroyed, a deep sea monster attacks the boat. They are all dragged to the bottom of the sea where they meet the inhabitants of the lost continent, an advance alien race makes slaves of the ship-wrecked sailors. The aliens want to rule the human world to create a nazi state. Due to his high IQ, they think that Charles may join them. Greg and the team will need the help of Delphine, the daughter of a slave, to escape the city surrounded by evil creatures...

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Plot Keywords:

alien | sea | atlantis | escape | boat | 

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Taglines:

From the depth of space they came to vanish beneath the sea...

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Genres:

Fantasy | Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

May 1978 (USA)

Also Known As:

Warlords of the Deep

Filming Locations:

Gozo Island, Malta

Company Credits

Production Co:

EMI Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Colour by) (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Diving bell had open hatch to sea kept open with pressure in cabin for dives & diving bell moored itself onto an structure submerged.

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Goofs

Charles is happy to go down in his diving bell with a large hole in it because it has an "emergency back-up system". When there is an emergency, he just rides it out.

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Quotes

[discussing the diving bell]
Captain Daniels: Man crammed into that sardine can? Under the sea? How you gonna expect to breathe?
Greg Collinson: Simple. Pass the coffee. Think of this coffee cup turned upside-down. You plunge the cup into the water, and there's air trapped inside, right?
Captain Daniels: Yeah, but that bottom's wide open. I mean, that's crazy! Crazy!
Greg Collinson: Crazy, but it works. Believe me. Would I go down if it didn't? Skipper, I'm tellin' ya, this baby's got an emergency backup system throughout. And besides, I'm no hero.

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Connections

Referenced in X-Rated: The Greatest Adult Movies of All Time (2015)

User Reviews

Entertaining Despite The Flaws

!!!!! MILD SPOILERS !!!!! In my review of AT THE EARTH'S core I said that the best of these Doug McClure gets attacked by rubber monsters in a 1970s British movie was THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT . If this holds true - And it's been years since I saw that movie - then WARLORDS OF ATLANTIS is certainly the second best in the genre Written by former DOCTOR WHO script writer Brian Hayles the story has some imagination even though no one is going to confuse it with a documentary . An eclectic ship's crew is abducted by a giant octopus and taken to the ancient city of Atlantis which is ruled by an alien civilisation which is engaged in a war of attrition against giant rubber monsters . One of the abductees Professor Aitken is wanted by the aliens for his superior intellect while the others will be used as slaves . It also turns out the abductees must be converted into gill breathers within a few days if they are to survive their new environment . Naturally upon hearing this the ships crew don't want to stay in their new home An entertaining enough story and unlike AT THE EARTHS CORE the production values are fairly good since location filming involving oceans and caves are used . There is the old bug bear of actors standing in front of obvious back projection trying to look scared at a rubber glove pocket but that's not enough to ruin the movie , in fact that adds some charm and the script has the temerity to point out that mankind's greatest achievements have come out of fighting one another in terrible wars . There are one or two plot holes like why do the aliens consider Professor Aitken a man of superior intellect since he would have no understanding of space travel or Einstiens theory of relativity , in other words he's a cave man compared to the aliens . You also can't help but notice that when the characters escape Atlantis Delphine the female lead has been rather superfluous to the plot But these minor flaws are never enough to totally ruin the movie for a discerning audience and I have noticed how many comments on this page centre around " I saw this when I was a kid and I'd love to see it again so please bring it out on DVD " It's probably nowhere as good as you remember it from 20 years ago but it still remains a fairly entertaining movie