Hell and High Water
“29 men and one woman ... in the captive world of a submarine !”
1954•NR•1h 43m•6.0•Released
AdventureDramaAction
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.
Director
Samuel Fuller
Writer
Samuel Fuller, Jesse Lasky Jr.
Budget
$2M
Languages
English
Studio
20th Century Fox
Cast
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
Robert Adler
Welles (uncredited)
Eugene Borden
French Reporter (uncredited)
Leslie Bradley
Mr. Aylesworth (uncredited)
Henry Kulky
McCrossin (uncredited)
Peter Ortiz
Crewman (uncredited)
Ray Stevens
Crewman (uncredited)
John Wengraf
Col. Schuman (uncredited)
Production
Company
20th Century Fox
Producer
Raymond A. Klune
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