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Around the World Under the Sea

1966 film by Andrew Marton

Around the World Under the Sea
Around the World Under the Sea film poster by Frank McCarthy
Directed by	Andrew Marton (main unit) Ricou Browning (underwater sequences)
Written by	Elmer Parsons
Screenplay by	Art Arthur Arthur Weiss
Produced by	Ben Chapman Andrew Marton Ivan Tors
Starring	Lloyd Bridges Brian Kelly
Cinematography	Clifford H. Poland Jr.
Edited by	Warren Adams
Music by	Harry Sukman
Distributed by	MGM
Release date	June 22, 1966 (1966-06-22)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Around the World Under the Sea is a 1966 science fiction film directed by Andrew Marton and starring Lloyd Bridges, with Marshall Thompson, Shirley Eaton, Gary Merrill, and David McCallum. It follows the adventures of a crew of the deep-diving nuclear-powered civilian research submarine Hydronaut making a submerged circumnavigation of the world to plant monitoring sensors on the ocean floor that will help scientists better predict impending earthquakes. Although Jules Verne is not credited by the filmmakers, his influence can be seen throughout the film.

Plot[edit]

After the destruction of much of coastal Turkey, a United States led crew of experts from around the world pilots a five-person submarine, traveling the world oceans, planting sensors on the ocean floor to warn scientists of any impending earthquakes.

Along the way the crew must deal with underwater exploding volcanoes and giant eels. In addition, the crew often does not get along especially when a crewmember wants to use the submarine to reach a shipwreck that holds a safe containing diamonds and pearls. The mission was made necessary as tidal waves have been causing destruction all over the world.

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Comic book adaptation[edit]

• Dell Movie Classic: Around the World Under the Sea (December 1966)^[1][2]

Reception[edit]

Moria gave the film 2 and 1/2 stars, praising the underwater camera work but finding the story lacking.^[3] The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction found the movie hackneyed, but that the underwater sequences filmed by Ricou Browning to be good,^[4] Film Affinity found the movie to have its moments but that overall the movie was boring.^[5]

See also[edit]

• List of underwater science fiction works
• List of American films of 1966

References[edit]

Bibliography[edit]

• Wingrove, David. Science Fiction Film Source Book (Longman Group Limited, 1985)

External links[edit]

• Around the World Under the SeaatIMDb
• Around the World Under the SeaatAllMovie
• Around the World Under the Sea at the TCM Movie Database
• Around the World Under the Sea at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films