Hell and High Water (film)

Hell and High Water is a 1954 Cold War drama film starring Richard Widmark, Bella Darvi and Victor Francen. The film was made to showcase CinemaScope being used in the confined sets of a submarine.

In 1953, renowned French scientist Professor Montel Victor Francen goes missing. The authorities believe that he and four other scientists defected behind the Iron Curtain.Meanwhile, former U.S. Navy USSBowfinSS287 submarine commander Adam Jones Richard Widmark arrives in Tokyo after receiving a mysterious package containing 5,000. Jones meets Professor Montel and his colleagues, a group of scientists, businessmen, and statesmen who suspect the Communist Chinese are building a secret atomic base on an island somewhere north of Japan. They must have proof, so Montel offers Jones another 45,000 if he will command an old World War IIera Japanese submarine being overhauled and follow the Chinese freighter Kiang Ching, which has been making suspicious deliveries in that area. Jones reluctantly agrees providing that the submarine is armed, and that he is also allowed to hire some of his former navy shipmates. ........

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