Hell and High Water
29 men and one woman ... in the captive world of a submarine !
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
- Signature
- Drama · Action · Craft
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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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Box Office & Release
- Budget
- $2M
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- Release date
- Feb 1, 1954
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- MPAA rating
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- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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