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Two scuba divers find a shipwreck which may contain undiscovered treasure. However, their attempt to salvage it is threatened by scavengers.Two scuba divers find a shipwreck which may contain undiscovered treasure. However, their attempt to salvage it is threatened by scavengers.Two scuba divers find a shipwreck which may contain undiscovered treasure. However, their attempt to salvage it is threatened by scavengers.
Dámaso Pérez Prado
- Perez Prado
- (as Perez Prado)
Dan Bernaducci
- Waiter
- (uncredited)
Robert Polo
- Deck Hand
- (uncredited)
James H. Russell
- Cab Driver
- (uncredited)
Max Wagner
- Waiter
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaAt a promotional event, a young Jayne Mansfield was one of several swimmers participating in a underwater skit when the top of her bathing suit came off. Many believe that she let it happen on purpose for free publicity.
- GoofsAt the beginning of the film, Richard Egan's voice-over twice specifies that the gas in his SCUBA tank is "oxygen." His tanks contain compressed air, which is approximately 79% nitrogen and 21% oxygen. If they contained pure oxygen, the diver would likely experience oxygen toxicity and go into convulsions within a short period of time at about 20 feet, and even more quickly at deeper depths. But oxygen is the part of air that keeps us alive, and without wanting to give the audience a science lesson on oxygen/nitrogen ratios, calling it oxygen instead of air is natural. Also, his words were "... you'd sure eat up the oxygen..." and "... oxygen enough to stay down...," neither of which implies tanks of pure oxygen.
- Quotes
Johnny Gray: Men who live by sharks, get to live like them. You could almost smell the way that guy was thinking. We looked fat and he was hungry.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Biography: Jane Russell: Body and Soul (1997)
- SoundtracksCherry Pink and Apple Blossom White
(Cerisier Rose et Pommier Blanc)
Music by Louiguy
French lyrics by Jacques Larue
English lyrics by Mack David
Performed by Dámaso Pérez Prado Y Su Orchestra
Featured review
Treasure Hunting With Dick And Jane
Underwater was allegedly set in Cuba, but actually photographed on the Kona Coast of Hawaii, was the last time that Jane Russell worked for Howard Hughes. The mysterious industrialist would shortly be getting rid of RKO Studios and RKO itself would shortly go Underwater after that.
The site of Jane Russell even in a conservative one piece bathing suit was enough to delight the male members of the audience with those twin weapons of mass destruction Jane sported. But if you got around to listening to Jane she drifted in and out of an atrocious Spanish accent. There was no reason to cast her as Hispanic so why she was will remain a mystery.
Like his aerial films Howard Hughes took some really good care with the lavish Underwater photography and it remains the best feature of Underwater, even though the stuff photographed on Kona was supplemented by scenes done in a large tank.
All that though just to tell a rather routine tale of four treasure hunters, Jane Russell, Richard Egan, Gilbert Roland, and Lori Nelson who hunt for and discover an ancient Spanish Galleon loaded with gold bars. But also on board is a solid gold larger than life size statue of Jesus also adorned in jewels that was lost at sea to the Roman Catholic Church. Along for the ride is Jesuit scholar Robert Keith.
The four and Keith also run afoul of shark hunters/smugglers/pirates led by Joseph Calleia. How the plot resolves itself frankly borders on the ridiculous.
But the Underwater photography and the Jane photography make Underwater worthwhile viewing.
The site of Jane Russell even in a conservative one piece bathing suit was enough to delight the male members of the audience with those twin weapons of mass destruction Jane sported. But if you got around to listening to Jane she drifted in and out of an atrocious Spanish accent. There was no reason to cast her as Hispanic so why she was will remain a mystery.
Like his aerial films Howard Hughes took some really good care with the lavish Underwater photography and it remains the best feature of Underwater, even though the stuff photographed on Kona was supplemented by scenes done in a large tank.
All that though just to tell a rather routine tale of four treasure hunters, Jane Russell, Richard Egan, Gilbert Roland, and Lori Nelson who hunt for and discover an ancient Spanish Galleon loaded with gold bars. But also on board is a solid gold larger than life size statue of Jesus also adorned in jewels that was lost at sea to the Roman Catholic Church. Along for the ride is Jesuit scholar Robert Keith.
The four and Keith also run afoul of shark hunters/smugglers/pirates led by Joseph Calleia. How the plot resolves itself frankly borders on the ridiculous.
But the Underwater photography and the Jane photography make Underwater worthwhile viewing.
- bkoganbing
- Jun 18, 2010
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- Budget
- $2,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.00 : 1
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