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Hell and High Water

Name: Hell and High Water
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Action
Released: 1954-02-01
Cast: Richard Widmark, Bella Darvi, Victor Francen, Cameron Mitchell, Gene Evans

1954 | 103 min | Adventure, Drama, Action

Weeknight Watchearly rating

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it: Made for action fans. If you loved Greyhound or Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, start here.
The mood: Exciting.
The pace: Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 43 min.
What might put you off: Made in 1954: an older pace and style.

A privately-financed scientist and his colleagues hire an ex-Navy officer to conduct an Alaskan submarine expedition in order to prevent a Red Chinese anti-American plot that may lead to World War III. Mixes deviously plotted schoolboy fiction with submarine spectacle and cold war heroics.

How it earned its rating

CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
AwardsBelow par
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
Box office & staying powerSolid
$3 million worldwide on a $2 million budget; still draws a steady audience long after release
Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 28K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Samuel Fuller

Richard WidmarkCapt. Adam Jones
Bella DarviDenise Montel
Victor FrancenProf. Montel
Cameron Mitchell'Ski' Brodski
Gene EvansChief Holter
David WayneTugboat Walker
Stephen BekassyNeuman
Richard LooHakada Fujimori
Robert AdlerWelles (uncredited)
Eugene BordenFrench Reporter (uncredited)