War-Gods of the Deep

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City Under the Sea

They dared the most fantastic journey that has ever challenged imagination!

A chance discovery leads American mining engineer Ben Harris and acquaintance Harold to discover a lost city under the sea while searching for their kidnapped friend Jill. Held captive in the underwater city by the tyrannical Captain (Vincent Price), and his crew of former smugglers, the three plot to escape...

Date of release
1965-05-26
TMDB
5.0 / 10 (87)
Runtime
1h 24m
Genres
Adventure, Science Fiction, Horror
Director
Jacques Tourneur

Casting

Interesting facts

City Under the Sea is a 1965 British-American adventure science fiction film. It was directed by Jacques Tourneur and starred Vincent Price, Tab Hunter, Susan Hart and David Tomlinson.

Production

Shooting took place in the United Kingdom. Charles Bennett says he wrote a good script and AIP wanted him to come to Britain to work on the script but would not pay his way. The script was rewritten in Britain by Louis M. Heyward. Bennett hated the changes and called the resulting film "the worst thing I was ever involved in." It was one of a series of co productions between AIP and Anglo Amalgamated around this time.

According to Susan Hart, Charles Bennett's original script was good but was heavily rewritten. She also says there was tension between producers Dan Haller and his British counterpart George Willoughby.

Louis M. Heyward confirms this tension and admits to rewriting the script to add humour; in particular, he says he added the comic chicken and introduced the character played by David Tomlinson. Heyward says that Willoughby quit after these changes.

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