Directed by:
Budd BoetticherScreenplay:
Jack HarveyCinematography:
Charles P. BoyleCast:
Robert Ryan, Mala Powers, Anthony Quinn, Suzan Ball, George Mathews, Karel Štěpánek, Woody Strode, John Warburton, Peter Mamakos, Ann Robinson (more)Plots(1)
The motivating factor behind City Beneath the Sea is an underwater treasure hunt. In 1692, an underwater earthquake sends the Jamaica city of Port Royal to the bottom of the Caribbean. Three-hundred-fifty years later, deep-sea divers Brad Carlton (Robert Ryan) and Tony Bartlett (Anthony Quinn) take the plunge near Port Royal, in hopes of recovering a million dollars in gold bullion that was lost in a modern-day quake. What Brad and Tony don't know is that their employer, steamship magnate Dwight Trevor (Karel Stepanek), doesn't really want the divers to find the gold. Trevor hopes to pull off a major insurance fraud, and has no qualms about killing his divers to get what he wants. Mala Powers and Suzan Ball provide the love interest, while plump Hawaiian entertainer Hilo Hattie offers some welcome comedy relief. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Robert Ryan
USA
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
Mala Powers
USA
Best movies:
Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)
The Yellow Mountain (1954)
Rage at Dawn (1955)
Anthony Quinn
Mexico
Best movies:
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
The Road (1954)
Lust for Life (1956)
Suzan Ball
USA
Best movies:
Yankee Buccaneer (1952)
The World in His Arms (1952)
Chief Crazy Horse (1955)
George Mathews
USA
Best movies:
The Proud Ones (1956)
The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
Pat and Mike (1952)
Karel Štěpánek
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Stars Shine (1938)
The 3rd Man (1949)
The Great Manhunt (1950)
Woody Strode
USA
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Spartacus (1960)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
John Warburton
UK
Best movies:
King Rat (1965)
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
The Valley of Decision (1945)
Peter Mamakos
USA
Best movies:
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
Ann Robinson
USA
Best movies:
Julie (1956)
Imitation of Life (1959)
A Star is Born (1954)
Barbara Morrison
UK
Best movies:
Papillon (1973)
My Fair Lady (1964)
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Chuck Hamilton
USA
Best movies:
Modern Times (1936)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
James Conaty
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Bernie Gozier
USA
Best movies:
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Viva Zapata! (1952)
Leon Lontoc
Philippines
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Operation Petticoat (1959)
The Hunters (1958)
Jerado Decordovier
Samoa
Best movies:
The Lone Gun (1954)
Alligator (1980)
Munchies (1987)
Sherry Moreland
USA
Best movies:
Limelight (1952)
Rocketship X-M (1950)
A Night in Heaven (1983)