Sam Fuller's first in colour begins like 'Dr Strangelove' with a narrator solemnly intoning about atomic testing before very soon going underwater. It has a Cold War plot similar to 'The Bedford Incident' and even the same star, although this time Widmark is the pursued rather than the pursuer. When bearded scientist Victor Francen's assistant turns out to be a comely young female the crew all all look suitably astonished while the viewer sinks back in their chair with their hands over their eyes and sighs "What AGAIN!!"
Review of Hell and High Water
Hell and High Water
(1954)
"Each man has his reason for living and his price for dying!"
23 July 2022