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Hell and High Water (1954)

Directed by Samuel Fuller · 103 min · Adventure, Drama, Action

10.6 TOPICAL score · #5,523 of 6,776 films

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A privately-financed scientist and his colleagues hire an ex-Navy officer to conduct an Alaskan submarine expedition in order to prevent a Red Chinese anti-American plot that may lead to World War III. Mixes deviously plotted schoolboy fiction with submarine spectacle and cold war heroics.

Hell and High Water (1954, directed by Samuel Fuller) has a TOPICAL score of 10.6 - ranked 5,523 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and cast, and lowest on historical impact. It won 0 awards from 1 nomination. Audiences: TMDB 6/10 (67 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 13 languages.

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Critics-
Audience20
Awards42
Historical impact13
Lasting engagement23
Cast31
Legacy & cult status-

Starring: Richard Widmark (actor #876), Bella Darvi, Victor Francen, Cameron Mitchell

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