Hell and High Water

12
1h 43m
1954
6.1 /10 (54)

29 men and one woman ... in the captive world of a submarine !

Overview

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.

Country : United States of America
Languages : English
Released Date: 1954-02-06

Top Billed 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)

Ben Wright

BBC Announcer (uncredited)

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