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Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea - Definition and Overview |
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Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea was a science-fiction film directed by Irwin Allen and released in 1961. Walter Pidgeon starred as Admiral Nelson, captain of USOS Seaview, a futuristic atomic submarine, alongside Joan Fontaine, Barbara Eden, and Peter Lorre. The plot involves the "the Van Allen radiation belt catching fire" while the submarine is in the Arctic Ocean. Trouble for those on board the submarine begins when it emerges there is a saboteur amongst them.
The name of the film is an inversion of a phrase appearing at about its time, concerning the exploration of the Arctic Ocean by nuclear submarines, namely, "a voyage to the top of the world." No large submarine can reach the ocean floor in the high seas and safely return.
Cast
- Walter Pidgeon as Adm. Harriman Nelson
- Joan Fontaine as Dr. Susan Hiller
- Barbara Eden as Lt Cathy Connors
- Peter Lorre as Comm. Lucius Emery
- Robert Sterling as Capt. Lee Crane
- Michael Ansara as Miguel Alvarez
- Frankie Avalon as Lt (j.g.) Danny Romano
- Regis Toomey as Dr. Jamieson
- John Litel as Vice-Adm. B.J. Crawford
- Howard McNear as Congressman Parker
- Henry Daniell as Dr. Zucco
- Skip Ward as Crew member
- Mark Slade as Seaman Jimmy 'Red' Smith
- Charles Tannen as CPO Gleason
- Del Monroe as Kowski
The film's success spawned a TV series of the same name.
It ran on ABC from September 14, 1964 to September 15, 1968 for 110 episodes (32 in black and white [1964-65] and 78 in color [1965-68]).
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