Movie
Hell and High Water
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1954-02-01
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Drama, Action
- Status
- Released
- Production
- 20th Century Fox
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Richard Widmark as Capt. Adam Jones
- Bella Darvi as Denise Montel
- Victor Francen as Prof. Montel
- Cameron Mitchell as 'Ski' Brodski
- Gene Evans as Chief Holter
- David Wayne as Tugboat Walker
- Stephen Bekassy as Neuman
- Richard Loo as Hakada Fujimori
- Robert Adler as Welles (uncredited)
- Eugene Borden as French Reporter (uncredited)
- Leslie Bradley as Mr. Aylesworth (uncredited)
- Henry Kulky as McCrossin (uncredited)
Crew
- Samuel Fuller - Director
- Samuel Fuller - Screenplay
- Jesse Lasky Jr. - Screenplay
- David Hempstead - Story
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