Hell and High Water (1954)
1h 43m
Running Time
February 6, 1954Release Date
Hell and High Water (1954)
1h 43m
Running Time
February 6, 1954Release Date
Plot.
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 & Crew.
Richard Widmark
Capt. Adam Jones
Bella Darvi
Denise Montel
Victor Francen
Prof. Montel
Gene Evans
Chief Holter
Cameron Mitchell
'Ski' Brodski
David Wayne
Tugboat Walker
Samuel Fuller
Director
Jesse Lasky Jr.
Writer
Stephen Bekassy
Neuman
David Hempstead
Writer
Richard Loo
Hakada Fujimori
Raymond A. Klune
Producer
Robert Adler
Welles (uncredited)
Eugene Borden
French Reporter (uncredited)
Alfred Newman
Composer
Leslie Bradley
Mr. Aylesworth (uncredited)
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 6, 1954
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 43m
Content RatingNR
Budget$1,870,000
Genres
Wiki.
Hell and High Water is a 1954 American Technicolor Cold War drama film from 20th Century Fox, directed by Samuel Fuller and starring Richard Widmark, Bella Darvi, and Victor Francen. The film was made to showcase CinemaScope in the confined sets of a submarine, and is not related to the 1933 film by the same name.