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Hell and High Water (1954)

Hell and High Water poster
Directed by
Samuel Fuller
Genre
drama film, action film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 43m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 65 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A scientist and a submarine crew try to stop a nuclear threat during the Cold War. The story takes place mostly inside the tight quarters of their submarine.

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What happens

Hell and High Water is a 1954 American Technicolor Cold War drama film from 20th Century Fox, directed by Samuel Fuller and starring Richard Widmark, Bella Darvi, and Victor Francen. The film was made to showcase CinemaScope in the confined sets of a submarine, and is not related to the 1933 film by the same name. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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