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Hell and High Water

1954 · 103 min

A tense, cramped submarine thriller with Cold War stakes, mixing procedural detail with pulpy heroics and a brooding sense of duty.

Tagline
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.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • conspiracy
  • survival
  • loyalty
  • politics
Places
  • sea
  • military
  • wilderness
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror1
Humour2
Realism6
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
adventure, drama, action
Directed by
Samuel Fuller
Written by
Samuel Fuller, Jesse Lasky Jr.
Starring
Richard Widmark, Bella Darvi, Victor Francen, Cameron Mitchell, Gene Evans, David Wayne, Stephen Bekassy, Richard Loo
Music
Alfred Newman
Cinematography
Joseph MacDonald
Runtime
103 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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