Hell and High Water (1954)

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.

Directed by: Samuel Fuller

Cast: Richard Widmark, Bella Darvi, Victor Francen, Cameron Mitchell, Gene Evans, David Wayne, Stephen Bekassy, Richard Loo, Robert Adler, Eugene Borden, Leslie Bradley, Henry Kulky

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Spy, Thriller

Rating: 5.6/10

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