Laikals
The greatest movie ever made..!
Grimossfer
Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%
Tyreece Hulme
One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.
JohnHowardReid
Lon Chaney, Jr. (Dimitri), Arthur Lake (Pete), Lloyd Bridges (Douglas), Eric Feldary (Alex), Tanis Chandler (Simi), John Qualen (Athos), Ian MacDonald (Nick), Dickie Moore (George), Harry Cheshire (Miki), John Bleifer (Captain Briaeos), Grant Means (Joe), John Gonatos (Johnny), Allen Mathews (bus driver).Director: IRVING ALLEN. Screenplay: Max Trell. Adapted by Forrest Judd. Based on the American Magazine story, "Sixteen Fathoms Under", by Eustace L. Adams. Photographed in Ansco Color by Jack Greenhalgh. Film editor: Charles Craft. Music director: Lud Gluskin. Art director: Dave Milton. Special effects: Ray Mercer. Music: Lucien Maroweck, Renee Garriguene. Production manager: Belmont S. Gottlieb. Assistant director: Charles S. Gould. Sound recording: Josh Westmoreland, Tom Lambert. Executive producer: Arthur Lake. Photographed in Tarpon Springs, Florida. Underwater sequences photographed at Rainbow Springs, Florida, and at Marineland Studios, St Augustine, Florida. Producers: James S. Burkett, Irving Allen. An Arthur Lake Production. Copyright 25 July 1948 by Monogram Pictures Corp. New York opening at the Rialto: 6 October 1948. U.S. release: 25 July 1948. U.K. release through Pathé: 4 September 1950. No Australian theatrical release. 82 minutes.NOTES: This re-make of the previous "Sixteen Fathoms Deep", with Lon Chaney switching roles from hero to villain, is historically important as the first motion picture to be photographed in Ansco Color. Needless to say, it has rarely, if ever, been shown in color on TV, but was repeatedly broadcast in black-and-white, even though a color print could easily have been obtained. COMMENT: The movie was produced by Arthur Lake, taking time out from his domestic duties as Dagwood Bumstead.It might well be asked, "What does an executive producer do?" Needless to say, his duties and responsibilities varies from movie to movie, but in this particular case we know what Lake did: He bankrolled the production! And he cast himself in a major role not only because he wanted to throw off the Dagwood image, but to alert Hollywood producers to the fact that he could play other roles than Dagwood Bumstead! Although the film was shot in color, I have never seen a color print. It was broadcast on my local TV station in black-and-white!
kasel1
When I was a kid, I would come home and this movie would be on. I loved every minute of it. But here's the worst thing. As life would have it, I wound up buying a house just a couple of miles from Tarpon Springs, sponge capital of the world. Yet no one mentions this movie. I was So disappointed. The scene with Lon Chaney Jr. falling on the sponge rake is forever etched in my memory. I think tomorrow, I'll go down to the sponge docks and demand they show this movie!!!! This movie remains one of my favorites. And I just don't understand why it is not mentioned more often. I've asked the people in Tarpon Springs, but they don't seem to know what I'm talking about. Come on, people, the sponge capital of the world should know and publicize this movie.
Dave Black
I grew up in Tarpon Springs, the small sponge & fishing village on the west coast of Florida where this was filmed. At 8 years old I watched the filming of 16 Fathoms Deep from the seat of my JC Higgins bicycle. My eyes were opened to the secrets of the movies as I watched the sponge hook being artistically planted in Lon Chaney's back and the 'blood' painted on between scenes. My mom was one of the extras in the sponge auction scenes. I saw and recognized Chick Young at a local coffee shop, where he sketched an impromptu 'Dagwood' on one of the restaurant's walls. Anyway, I saw this film when it was released and have not been able to see or locate a copy since. If I could find it again, it would sure bring back memories of simpler time. There does not seem to be many Ansco Color prints remaining - guess they just didn't hold up.
Mchale2
I just finished watching this movie on a local independent channel broadcast w/a weak signal,so the picture wasn't real clear,but it was worth the effort it took to watch.Really enjoyed seeing&watching the actors & their characters,especially Loyd Bridges,Arthur Lake,&Lon Chaney jr.in an adventurous story taken place in an innocent time against beautifull scenery,without all the over-done techno effects of today.If you liked this movie,you'd probably also enjoy"Beneath The Twelve Mile Reef"with Terry Moore,Gilbert Roland,& a very young Robert Wagner(released 1953).
