Hell and High Water (1954)

Director:

Samuel Fuller

Writers:

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

Release Date:

6 February 1954 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | Thriller

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Scientist | Espionage | Nuclear Weapon | Soldier Of Fortune | Communist

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 nomination

Cast

Richard Widmark	...	Capt. Adam Jones aka R.J. MacDougal
Bella Darvi	...	Denise Montel aka Prof. Denice Gerard
Victor Francen	...	Prof. Montel
Cameron Mitchell	...	'Ski' Brodski - sonar operator
Gene Evans	...	Chief Holter
David Wayne	...	Tugboat Walker
Stephen Bekassy	...	Neuman
Richard Loo	...	Hakada Fujimori

Runtime:

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

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.55 : 1

Sound Mix:

4-Track Stereo (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

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

Filming Locations:

Arc de Triomphe, Paris 8, Paris, France

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

This was Twentieth Century-Fox's fifth CinemaScope production.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: 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.

Quotes:

Captain Adam Jones: So tell me Professor, what makes a girl who looks like that get mixed up in science?

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera (1996)

Would like to see it again..

I saw this movie on TV years ago, and wish I could see it again..It was mostly a cold-war turned hot story about scientists and mercenaries recruited to take a sub to a secret Chinese island to spy on the project there. They encounter various adventures while looking for the base and when they do find it they discover a Chinese plot to start WW3 and blame it on the United States by dropping a atom bomb from a carefully made up to look like US bomber.Of course, the plot is foiled by the brave heroics of the sub crew. I imagine that the political relationship between China and the US was the reason the movie has not been seen recently. I enjoyed the blend of character and action in this movie. The plot would be plausible in any event. I hope it will come out on vhs or DVD.