Wednesday, 13 November 2013

Secret commie nukes?

Hell and High Water (1954)

Directed by Samuel Fuller this film stars Richard Widmark, Bella Darvi and Victor Francen. An independent group of scientists hire a former WW2 submarine captain to help them investigate a potential Communist nuclear facility in the North Pacific.

Mostly this is a pretty standard Cold War film that while not completely believable in basic plot is fairly realistic in execution. The best sequences are the submarine on submarine warfare that dominate the middle of the film which otherwise is not overly filled with tension. Mostly the film is well made and the special effects are not bad for the era.


3/5

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