Underwater!

Underwater! (1955)

UNDERWATER Fury! UNDERWATER Paradise!

Two scuba divers find a shipwreck which may contain undiscovered treasure, however, their attempt to salvage it is threatened by scavengers.

Date of release
1955-02-09
TMDB
5.5 / 10 (28)
Runtime
1h 39m
Genres
Action, Adventure, Drama
Director
John Sturges

Casting

Interesting facts

Underwater! is a 1955 adventure film starring Jane Russell, Richard Egan, and Gilbert Roland, and directed by John Sturges.

Production

Howard Hughes acquired the rights to the unpublished The Big Rainbow.

Partially filmed on location in Mexico and Hawaii, Underwater! was completed in a newly constructed underwater tank in an RKO Radio Pictures soundstage. It was the first RKO film released in Superscope. The film's budget increased from its initial $300,000 and a large amount of the budget was used on footage cut from the film.

Lori Nelson claimed Howard Hughes wanted her for the lead and paid Universal Pictures for her use; however, Jane Russell owed RKO a film. The lead was given to Russell with a part written for Nelson so she could keep her fee.

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