Hell and High Water (1954)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.3/10   

Director:

Samuel Fuller

Escritores:

Jesse Lasky Jr. (screenplay) and
Samuel Fuller (screenplay) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

6 febrero 1954 (USA)

Género:

Aventura | Drama | Suspenso

Plot:

A privately-financed scientist and his colleagues hire an ex-Navy officer to conduct an Alaskan submarine...

Plot Keywords:

Submarine | Scientist | Cold War | Soldier Of Fortune | Nuclear Weapon

Premios:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Run of the mill post war stuff

Reparto

Richard Widmark	...	Capt. Adam Jones
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

También conocida como:

El diablo de las aguas turbias (Spain) [es]

Duración:

103 min | USA:99 min (FMC Library Print)

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés | Francés

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

2.55 : 1

Sonido:

4-Track Stereo (Western Electric Recording)

Clasificación:

West Germany:12 (f) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:U | USA:Approved (PCA #16624, General Audience)

Locaciones de Filmación:

Arc de Triomphe, Paris 8, Paris, France

Compañía:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivialidades:

The film was initially banned in France "on political grounds." An article noted that France had also banned Soviet films with political themes, and that "a number of European countries are sensitive to films with political themes and refuse them exhibition permits rather than rouse the ire of either the U.S. or Russia."

Errores:

Errores que Revelan: When the landing party is making its escape from the second island, Captain Jones' hat falls off as they are getting in the dingy. The actor is clearly a dark-haired double for Richard Widmark.

Citas:

[Capt. Jones is forced to sail before his submarine is fully ready for sea]
Captain Adam Jones: What about the "running dive test"?
Prof. Montel: As an amateur, might I suggest that we try the "running test" *while* we are running?
Captain Adam Jones: Doctor, there are about a hundred ways of losing a submarine, and *you've* just come up with one of the *best*! We haven't even checked the torpedo tubes yet! You know what that means if we have to 'call on fish'? *It means we're dead!

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera (1996)

Run of the mill post war stuff

This is an average post World War II movie that is by no means bad but also a very long way from being great. The film is the story of a group of international privately funded scientist who are on a humanitarian mission to discover if some unnamed communists are conducting nuclear tests in a remote area of the Artic. As a means to their end the scientists recruit Richard Widmark as Captain Jones to captain a sub-marine manned by mercenaries and a two scientists the lead scientist Professor Montell and his glamorous assistant Denise Gerrard (played by the doomed Bella Darvi). Things plod along nicely and for the time the are some tense submarine duel scenes once they engage the enemy. Denise Gerrard and Proffesor Montaell clash with Captain Jones as they have to enter his world though the female character really needed fleshing out. We have some battle as the tension mounts and the enemy base is located leading up to the final battle which works quite well. A few twists along the way add to the mix and some nice morals add to the ending. Worth a go.