City Beneath the Sea (1953 film)

City Beneath the Sea
Directed byBudd Boetticher
Written byJack Harvey
Ramon Romero
Based onPort Royal: The Ghost
City Beneath the Sea by
Harry E. Rieseberg
Produced byAlbert J. Cohen
StarringRobert Ryan
Mala Powers
Anthony Quinn
Suzan Ball
CinematographyCharles P. Boyle
Edited byEdward Curtiss
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • April 21, 1953 (1953-04-21)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1.25 million (US)[1]

City Beneath the Sea is a 1953 American technicolor adventure film directed by Budd Boetticher and starring Robert Ryan, Mala Powers, Anthony Quinn and Suzan Ball. The film is based on the book Port Royal: The Ghost City Beneath the Sea by Harry E. Rieseberg.[2]

Plot

In Jamaica, salvage divers Brad and Tony are hired by Dwight Trevor to find The Lady Luck, a ship that supposedly sank with all hands and $1,000,000 in gold bullion. There is no trace of the sunken ship, but there is a sunken city, the city of Port Royal that was destroyed in an earthquake in 1692. The gold bullion was actually lost in a modern-day quake and is part of an insurance fraud perpetrated by Trevor. He does not want the divers to find the gold and will stop at nothing to ensure the success of his plan.

Cast

See also

References

  1. ^ 'The Top Box Office Hits of 1953', Variety, January 13, 1954
  2. ^ Budd Boetticher: The Last Interview Wheeler, Winston Dixon. Film Criticism; Meadville Vol. 26, Iss. 3, (Spring 2002): 52-0_3.


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