Hell and High Water
“29 men and one woman ... in the captive world of a submarine !”
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.
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Cast
29 people
Richard Widmark
Capt. Adam Jones
Known for
Judgment at Nuremberg
Pickup on South Street
Bella Darvi
Denise Montel
Known for
The Egyptian
Victor Francen
Prof. Montel
Known for
The Beast with Five Fingers
Hold Back the Dawn
Cameron Mitchell
'Ski' Brodski
Known for
Blood and Black Lace
The Toolbox Murders
Gene Evans
Chief Holter
Known for
Shock Corridor
The Steel Helmet
David Wayne
Tugboat Walker
Known for
The Andromeda Strain
How to Marry a Millionaire
Stephen Bekassy
Neuman
Known for
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Richard Loo
Hakada Fujimori
Known for
The Man with the Golden Gun
The Steel Helmet
Robert Adler
Welles (uncredited)
Known for
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Eugene Borden
French Reporter (uncredited)
Known for
Casino Royale
The Tarnished Angels
Leslie Bradley
Mr. Aylesworth (uncredited)
Known for
The Crimson Pirate
Attack of the Crab Monsters
Henry Kulky
McCrossin (uncredited)
Known for
Illegal
Love Me or Leave Me
Samuel Fuller Director · Jesse Lasky Jr. Screenplay David Hempstead Story
Worldwide gross $2.7M · Budget $1.9M · United States release February 6, 1954
Box office
Budget
$1,870,000
Worldwide gross
$2,700,000
Gross vs. budget
1.4×
Production
20th Century Fox
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · February 1, 1954
Theatrical
United States · February 6, 1954
Theatrical
Brazil
January 1, 1955 · Theatrical
Germany
July 31, 1954 · Theatrical
Portugal
May 19, 1955 · Theatrical
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