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City Beneath the Sea
City Beneath the Sea

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City Beneath the Sea

NR·1953·87m

Summary

Two adventures dive for treasure off the coast of Jamaica.

Crew

Director

Budd Boetticher

Book

Harry E. Rieseberg

Writer

Ramon Romero

Writer

Jack Harvey

Reviews

Wuchak

Wuchak

November 27, 2021

7

_**Sea adventure in Jamaica with Ryan and Quinn**_

Two American divers (Robert Ryan and Anthony Quinn) get a gig in Jamaica to find a sunken vessel with gold cargo while carousing and seeking out fair ladies (Mala Powers and Suzan Ball). Unfortunately, there are shady characters afoot (George Mathews). Woody Strode has a peripheral role.

"City Beneath the Sea" (1953) is an oceanic adventure/thriller that has the look and tone of “Dinosaurus!” (1960), but is thematically similar to "The Deep" (1977), "Into the Blue" (2005), "Into the Blue 2: The Reef" (2009) and "Fool's Gold" (2008).

The best of these, believe it or not, is “Into the Blue 2,” which was a direct-to-video release. This one is worthy too if you can acclimate to the early 50’s quaintness. It’s rollicking escapist fare with a buddy film foundation.

On the female front, Suzan Ball is reminiscent of a taller Salma Hayek while Mala Powers evokes Susan Hayward.

The film runs 1 hour, 27 minutes, and was shot at Universal Studios in Universal City, California.

GRADE: B

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Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Keywords

caribbean sea