Adventure ·Drama ·Action · United States of America · 1954 · 1h 43m

Hell and High Water

Hell and High Water poster
Director
Samuel Fuller
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
Crew
Joseph MacDonald — Director of Photography James B. Clark — Editor Alfred Newman — Original Music Composer Samuel Fuller — Screenplay Jesse Lasky Jr. — Screenplay David Hempstead — Story
Tagline

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

Synopsis

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.

Trailer Hell and High Water — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
submarinealaska
Key Collaborators
Samuel Fuller Director Joseph MacDonald Director of Photography James B. Clark Editor Alfred Newman Original Music Composer Samuel Fuller Screenplay Jesse Lasky Jr. Screenplay David Hempstead Story Raymond A. Klune Producer
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