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City Beneath the Sea

1953 · 87 min

A sunlit underwater treasure hunt with old-fashioned romance and a slow-building sense of danger beneath the waves.

Tagline
Fabulous Lost World -- at the Bottom of the Sea!
Overview
Divers Brad and Tony arrive in Jamaica to attempt salvage of the Lady Luck, sunk with all hands and a million in gold. They charter the American Beauty, skippered by attractive Terry, but cannot find the ship. But there's more to the Lady Luck than meets the eye, and undersea skullduggery forms a counterpoint to Brad's romance with Terry, and Tony's with cabaret singer Venita.

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • greed
  • deception
  • love
  • survival
  • betrayal
Places
  • sea
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror1
Humour3
Realism6
Romance5
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
adventure, action, drama
Directed by
Budd Boetticher
Written by
Ramon Romero, Jack Harvey
Starring
Robert Ryan, Mala Powers, Anthony Quinn, Suzan Ball, George Mathews, Karl Stepanek, Hilo Hattie, Lalo Rios
Music
Herman Stein, Milton Rosen
Cinematography
Charles P. Boyle
Runtime
87 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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