Around the World Under the Sea

Around the World Under the Sea

22/6/1966 1h 50m 5.4/10

Overview

A five man submarine plants sensors around the worlds oceans to monitor for a impending earthquake.

Director

Andrew Marton

Top Billed Cast

David McCallum

David McCallum

Dr. Philip Volker

Lloyd Bridges

Lloyd Bridges

Dr. Doug Standish

Keenan Wynn

Keenan Wynn

Hank Stahl

Shirley Eaton

Shirley Eaton

Dr. Margaret E. 'Maggie' Hanford

Marshall Thompson

Marshall Thompson

Dr. Orin Hillyard

Brian Kelly

Dr. Craig Mosby

Reviews

John Chard

11/6/2015

5/10

Have you got the answer to Hydronaut's question? A forgotten aquatic based sci-fier from an era that loved them, Andrew Marton's film isn't extremely bad exactly, it's just that it plods along without ever really reaching exciting heights. Cast features Lloyd Bridges, Brian Kelly, Shirley Eaton, David McCallum and Keenan Wynn, who are tasked with traversing the world's ocean beds to plant sensors that will warn mankind of impending earthquakes. A tricky task for sure, especially after we have been told at the start that the depths of the ocean is more inhospitable than anything in space. The science is of course nutty, as is the effects and photography work on show. Much of the film is taken up with talk, be it sci-fi boffins or heroes in waiting, or a burgeoning romance (Eaton locked in a submarine with a load of men, what a shock!), the chatter promises more than the film ultimately delivers. The expected perils arrive, a couple of beasties of the sea, some submarine damage threatens to scupper our heroes, which asks us to hold on to see how it will pan out. Thus who will survive etc? The end of the world core of the story, the earthquake science et al, is interesting to a cerebral degree, but it plays out like a screenplay that Irwin Allen read and threw in the trash can because it wasn't exciting enough. 5/10

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