The Atomic Submarine
The Atomic Submarine is a 1959 independently made, American black-and-white science-fiction film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and starring Arthur Franz, Dick Foran, Brett Halsey, Joi Lansing and Jean Moorhead, with John Hilliard as the voice of the alien. The film was produced by Alex Gordon and distributed by Allied Artists Pictures Corporation.
Plot
A submarine is destroyed near the North Pole by a mysterious undersea light. The loss of this and several other ships in the Arctic alarms the world. Governments temporarily close the polar route and convene an emergency meeting at the Pentagon. Present is Commander Dan Wendover (Dick Foran), the captain of the atomic submarine Tigershark, and Nobel Prize-winning scientist Sir Ian Hunt (Tom Conway). The United States Secretary of Defense (Jack Mulhall) leads the meeting; he explains all that is known about the Arctic disasters, and then describes the high-tech capabilities of Tigershark. These include a special hull and a minisub (Lungfish) that can be stored inside the submarine. The secretary finishes by telling Wendover that he is to take Hunt, Tigershark, and her crew to resolve the ship sinkings, and if possible, eliminate their cause.
More details
author | Orville H. Hampton |
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contentLocation | Arctic |
director | Spencer Gordon Bennet |
editor | William Austin |
events | flying saucer submarine |
genre | science fiction |
keywords | arctic ocean blow torch captain commander cyclops doom executive officer exoplanet flying object heal jack mulhall lieutenant commander meet montage nobel prize north pole pentagon planet saucer-shaped secretary of defense trap unidentified flying object united states secretary of defense very pistol |
musicBy | Alexander Laszlo |
producer | Alex Gordon |
productionCompany | Gorham Productions, Inc. |
publisher | Allied Artists Pictures Corporation Associated British Picture Corporation |
theme | independent submarine |