What a laughable movie this is, it's so bad that makes you laugh all the way through! A mess from beginning to end, the story goes with a nuclear sub that at the first scene raises from the bottom of the sea literally like a dolphin would (you can imagine the crew jumping like tennis balls inside) , receiving civilians inside(Joan Fontaine as a doctor is one of them) and giving a tour through the sub... a submarine that looks like a five stars hotel, big rooms full of space, an admiral that is also a top scientist and an inventor (Walter Pidgeon) with an officer(Peter Lorre)always beside him that no one knows what the heck he does in the sub, except for babysit a tiny white shark that no one knows why on earth is in the sub... a romance between the captain (Robert Sterling) and the admiral's secretary (a gorgeous Barbara Eden) and Frankie Avalon to get teenage audience... suddenly the Van Allen ring is on fire (why, or better HOW a belt of radiation in the middle of the space WITHOUT OXYGEN can catch fire is, of course, never explained) and the earth temperature rises up to 70 Celsius degrees!! at that moment most of the crew appears at surface and they sweat like in a really hot day!! my god they all should die roasted... everything in this movie is laughable, like the United Nations gathering with at most 30 people, including 2 geishas, 3 African fellows, 2 Muslims, a Moroccan guy, an Hindu one... the US guy should wear a cowboy hat and side pistols, what the heck!! the admiral's plan to save the earth: nuke the ring with a missile (again no one wonder how a missile could possibly reach the space), and in the road to do the task more crazy nonsense stuff: two giants octopusses attacking for no reason, a mine field in the middle of nowhere just to create some tension, a doctor who knows how to sabotage a nuclear reactor, then go nuts and tries to murder the admiral, and ends up eaten by the white shark (that's why is in the sub!) an so on and on... Barbara Eden in her tight dress and high heels -yes, heels for women is common fashion in US nuclear subs- is the only thing worth to watch, otherwise a complete and forgettable disaster!
Review of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
