Hell and High Water

Feb 6, 1954

1h 43m

★ 6.1

29 men and one woman ... in the captive world of a submarine !

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.

Genres

Adventure

Drama

Action

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

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Cast

Capt. Adam Jones

Richard Widmark

Denise Montel

Bella Darvi

Prof. Montel

Victor Francen

'Ski' Brodski

Cameron Mitchell

Chief Holter

Gene Evans

Tugboat Walker

David Wayne

Neuman

Stephen Bekassy

Hakada Fujimori

Richard Loo

Welles (uncredited)

Robert Adler

French Reporter (uncredited)

Eugene Borden

Mr. Aylesworth (uncredited)

Leslie Bradley

McCrossin (uncredited)

Henry Kulky

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