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Hell and High Water(1954)
Status: Released
Date: 1954-02-01
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64 Votes
Time: 1h 43m
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $1,870,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Hell and High Water
Top 10 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)
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