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Hell and High Water
“29 men and one woman ... in the captive world of a submarine !”
6.0 / 10• 1954• 1h 43m•NR• English
AdventureDramaAction
Storyline
A privately-financed scientist and his colleagues hire an ex-Navy officer to conduct an Alaskan submarine expedition in order to prevent a Red Chinese anti-American plot that may lead to World War III. Mixes deviously plotted schoolboy fiction with submarine spectacle and cold war heroics.
Cast & Crew
Richard Widmark
Capt. Adam Jones
Lead
Bella Darvi
Denise Montel
Victor Francen
Prof. Montel
Cameron Mitchell
'Ski' Brodski
Gene Evans
Chief Holter
David Wayne
Tugboat Walker
Stephen Bekassy
Neuman
Richard Loo
Hakada Fujimori
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Samuel Fuller's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Hell and High Water is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
