Hell Below Zero (1954)
Country: US/GB
Technical: col 90m
Director: Mark Robson
Cast: Alan Ladd, Joan Tetzel, Basil Sydney, Stanley Baker, Niall MacGinnis, Jill Bennett
Synopsis:
An American former seaman helps an heiress find out the truth behind the death of her father on a whaling factory ship in the Antarctic.
Review:
Columbia made this unassuming actioner partly at Pinewood Studios, and it has very much the feel of a Rank picture. The colour is great, and a reasonable job is done of matching the lighting to the location footage when the action moves to the pack ice. The shipping miniatures and evocation of extreme cold conditions are less convincing, however, and character development and motivation strictly two-dimensional. It's an interesting cast, though, and an unusual theme: the extensive whaling sequences may well prove the make or break for present and future viewers.
Country: US/GB
Technical: col 90m
Director: Mark Robson
Cast: Alan Ladd, Joan Tetzel, Basil Sydney, Stanley Baker, Niall MacGinnis, Jill Bennett
Synopsis:
An American former seaman helps an heiress find out the truth behind the death of her father on a whaling factory ship in the Antarctic.
Review:
Columbia made this unassuming actioner partly at Pinewood Studios, and it has very much the feel of a Rank picture. The colour is great, and a reasonable job is done of matching the lighting to the location footage when the action moves to the pack ice. The shipping miniatures and evocation of extreme cold conditions are less convincing, however, and character development and motivation strictly two-dimensional. It's an interesting cast, though, and an unusual theme: the extensive whaling sequences may well prove the make or break for present and future viewers.
Country: US/GB
Technical: col 90m
Director: Mark Robson
Cast: Alan Ladd, Joan Tetzel, Basil Sydney, Stanley Baker, Niall MacGinnis, Jill Bennett
Synopsis:
An American former seaman helps an heiress find out the truth behind the death of her father on a whaling factory ship in the Antarctic.
Review:
Columbia made this unassuming actioner partly at Pinewood Studios, and it has very much the feel of a Rank picture. The colour is great, and a reasonable job is done of matching the lighting to the location footage when the action moves to the pack ice. The shipping miniatures and evocation of extreme cold conditions are less convincing, however, and character development and motivation strictly two-dimensional. It's an interesting cast, though, and an unusual theme: the extensive whaling sequences may well prove the make or break for present and future viewers.