Stars: Robert Wagner, Terry Moore, Gilbert Roland
Director: Robert D. Webb
Writer: A.I. Bezzerides
Mike and Tony Petrakis are a Greek father and son team who dive for sponges off the coast of Florida. After they are robbed by crooks, Arnold and the Rhys brothers, Mike decides to take his men to the dangerous 12-mile reef to dive for more sponges. Mike suffers a fatal accident when he falls from the reef leaving Tony to carry on the business. But now he has a companion, Gwyneth Rhys.
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Thanks for posting this. I haven't seen it in a long time.
It's the cut-version (2 cuts – in the fight between Mike and Arnold (Arnold must eat a cigarette) and later in the night battle between Arnold and Tony in the forest (warning of Arnold at Tony)) from the Lumivision DVD. The only uncut-version of this movie can you buy in spain (Duelo en el fondo del mar / Pan&Scan / amazon.es) and france (Tempête sous la mer / original 16:9 / amazon.fr) and USA (original 16:9 from 20th Century Fox archives / amazon.com).
good movie thanks
I haven't seen this movie in something like 50 years. Have been looking for it a long time. Thanks much for posting it!
I enjoyed watching this movie I had not seen it in years
I am so glad someone was nice enough to put a film like this one on here. I want to thank that person.
This was the third film Fox shot in CinemaScope after "How to Marry a Millionaire (shot first, released second) and "The Robe" (released first). If one gets beyond the "acting" of Robert Wagner and Terry Moore, it's a pretty interesting movie. I remember seeing it as a six-year-old and the underwater photography captivated me. As an adult, the cinematography still is impressive, but the thing that stands out about "Beneath the 12-Mile Reef" is the magnificent score of Bernard Herrmann. His harps set the mood.
Wow, such a young Peter Graves!
Great music score by Bernard Herrmann, who employed 11 harps in one of the sequences featuring an Octopus.
When I was six, we watched this film being made. The "fight "scene was intriguing to a 6 year old. Got to have lunch with the actors that day. Many years later I came to realize some of the major technical advancements of this film
im glad Gwyneth dont want Arthur..she see what a bad person he is..Tony..played by Robert Wagner was right for her .good movie..
oh to see this at a movie theater in the 50's with a huge screen and a full house chomping pop corn and the rich music of the immortal Herrmann. Watching this movie on tv as a kid made me want to get my scuba license and I did….that and Sea Hunt. lol
Excellent movie, with kind of a "Romeo and Juliet" vibe (but without the unhappy ending), in beautiful Technicolor, with an outstanding score by Bernard Herrmann (I love the woodwind chords, especially by the clarinets, and the lyrical string playing, too), and with wonderful acting performances by all of the cast members, young, middle-aged, and older. Great direction and screenplay.
Thank you very much for sharing this (and so many other wonderful films from the era "when movies were MOVIES") with us!!!!!
If you liked watching this movie, you might also enjoy some of these movies from this era featuring the cast members of this film as principals:
Robert Wagner: THE SILVER WHIP
Terry Moore: SHACK OUT ON 101
Gilbert Roland: THUNDER BAY
J. Carrol Naish: VIOLENT SATURDAY
Richard Boone: TEN WANTED MEN
Angela Clarke: THE MIRACLE OF OUR LADY OF FATIMA
Peter Graves: THE RAID
Jay Novello: CRIME WAVE
Jacques Aubuchon: SO BIG
Gloria Gordon: A MAN CALLED PETER
Harry Carey, Jr.: ISLAND IN THE SKY
Robert D. Webb (director): 7 WOMEN FROM HELL
A.I. Bezzerides (screenwriter): HOLIDAY FOR SINNERS
Edward Cronjager (cinematographer): POWDER RIVER
Bernard Herrmann (musical score): GARDEN OF EVIL
GOOD .CLASSIC .R.J.YOUNG. ROBERT WAGNER. PLUS YOU LEARN ABOUT FISHING. FILM HISTORIAN AND MOVIE'S. .. MY LIFE GALLERY ARTIST. PAINTER. REST WELL. AND GO TO THE MOVIE'S FILM .THE AMAZING PROFESSOR COOL. GOD BLESS AMERICA.