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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.

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Nominations
Nominated for the Oscar for Best Special Effects (1955)
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Box office
Grossed $2.7M worldwide, about 1.4 times its $1.87M budget
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Setting
Set in Tokyo
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Music
Music by Alfred Newman
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Joseph MacDonald
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Details

Director: Samuel Fuller
Writers: Jesse Lasky Jr.Screenplay
Samuel FullerScreenplay
David HempsteadStory
Status: Released
Release date: February 1, 1954
Original language: English
Budget: $1.9M
Countries: United States of America

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