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      Underwater!

      1955 1h 37m Drama Adventure List
      Reviews 14% Fewer than 50 Ratings Audience Score Along with his partner, Dominic (Gilbert Roland), and his lovely wife, Theresa (Jane Russell), intrepid treasure hunter Johnny Gray (Richard Egan) embarks on a quest for sunken treasure in the Caribbean. Outfitted with advanced scuba gear, the team struggles to pinpoint the location of the rumored shipwreck of a centuries-old galleon loaded down with priceless antiques. When a group of money-hungry pirates takes a sudden interest in their expedition, the Grays find themselves in deep trouble. Read More Read Less

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      Virginia Graham The Spectator To the masculine digestion Jane Russell is a full meal in herself, but I fear that in Underwater! she will not provide the usual satisfying dish. Jun 13, 2018 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews The dull talky yarn seemed to merely be an excuse to show off the buxom Russell in a variety of leisurely skimpy sporting outfits. Rated: C+ Jun 21, 2006 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member Shipwrecks! Shark hunters! Swimsuits! Exclamation marks! All this, and not much more, filmed beautifully 'underwater!' Underwater! is a 50s B-movie that follows a treasure hunting expedition with pacing that is more akin to a relaxing fishing excursion than an aquatic tomb raider adventure. Tensions rise a little in the last half-hour or so, as a ticking clock in the form of a collapsing coral reef threatens the divers' efforts to retrieve a Madonna statue from a sunken galleon. After an hour of being conditioned to enjoy drawn-out sequences of bubbles floating past the camera from our protagonists' scuba tanks, this definitely felt like the height of excitement when it entered the narrative. Plus everybody looks great, whether they are underwater! or above it, so you have that going for you throughout the runtime. All up, this was actually kinda entertaining, and felt like a little Caribbean-flavoured vacation into the past. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Howard Hughes produced this John Sturges directed deep sea treasure hunting tale. It's not bad, but Jane Russell in various swim attire is the main reason to watch the film, which was enough for me. Jayne Mansfield isn't in the film, but gained Hollywood attention at the time when she was one of the bathing beauties at a press junket for the film and her bikini top "accidentally" fell off. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Fair aquatic adventure, but 'The Deep' did this type of treasure-hunting story much better 20 years later. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member technicolour+jane=va-va-voom! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Dull mediocrity with good underwater photography. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Along with his partner, Dominic (Gilbert Roland), and his lovely wife, Theresa (Jane Russell), intrepid treasure hunter Johnny Gray (Richard Egan) embarks on a quest for sunken treasure in the Caribbean. Outfitted with advanced scuba gear, the team struggles to pinpoint the location of the rumored shipwreck of a centuries-old galleon loaded down with priceless antiques. When a group of money-hungry pirates takes a sudden interest in their expedition, the Grays find themselves in deep trouble.
      Director
      John Sturges
      Producer
      Howard Hughes
      Screenwriter
      Walter Newman
      Production Co
      RKO Radio Pictures Inc.
      Genre
      Drama, Adventure
      Original Language
      English
      Runtime
      1h 37m