Directed by:
Samuel FullerCinematography:
Joseph MacDonaldComposer:
Alfred NewmanCast:
Richard Widmark, Cameron Mitchell, Victor Francen, Gene Evans, David Wayne, Stephen Bekassy, Richard Loo, Leslie Bradley, Bella Darvi, Ben Wright, Robert Adler (more)Plots(1)
"In the summer of 1953, it was announced that an atomic bomb of foreign origin had been exploded somewhere outside of the United States... This is the story of that explosion. " Starting with a nuclear explosion and only escalating from there, Hell and High Water is a white-knuckle Cold War thriller that would have a huge influence on the future of blockbuster cinema (Steven Spielberg was so enamoured with the film that he kept a print in his car for many years). When military intelligence suggests a secret atomic base is being covertly set-up on an island near Japan, former US Navy commander Adam Jones (Richard Widmark) is sent on a covert mission to prevent a nuclear attack that could trigger World War 3. (Eureka Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Richard Widmark
USA
Best movies:
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
Night and the City (1950)
Cameron Mitchell
USA
Best movies:
Hombre (1967)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Blood and Black Lace (1964)
Victor Francen
Belgium
Best movies:
Madame Curie (1943)
Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
Tales of Manhattan (1942)
Gene Evans
USA
Best movies:
Ace in the Hole (1951)
The Sacketts (1979) (TV movie)
Storm Warning (1951)
David Wayne
USA
Best movies:
The Gift of Love (1978) (TV movie)
The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
The Front Page (1974)
Stephen Bekassy
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Arch of Triumph (1948)
The Young Lions (1958)
Richard Loo
USA
Best movies:
The Good Earth (1937)
After the Thin Man (1936)
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
Leslie Bradley
UK
Best movies:
36 Hours (1965)
Prince of Foxes (1949)
Anna Karenina (1948)
Bella Darvi
Poland
Best movies:
The Racers (1955)
The Mask of the Gorilla (1958)
The Egyptian (1954)
Ben Wright
UK
Best movies:
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
My Fair Lady (1964)
Robert Adler
USA
Best movies:
The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
Ten North Frederick (1958)
The Story of Ruth (1960)
Robert B. Williams
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
North by Northwest (1959)
A Patch of Blue (1965)
Neyle Morrow
USA
Best movies:
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Julius Caesar (1953)
Anna and the King of Siam (1946)
Paul Richards
USA
Best movies:
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
War Paint (1953)
Pushover (1954)
Harlan Warde
USA
Best movies:
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Caged (1950)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Eddie Lee
USA
Best movies:
China Seas (1935)
The Clay Pigeon (1949)
China (1943)
Don Orlando
Italy
Best movies:
Kansas City Confidential (1952)
Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)
The Broken Land (1962)
Rollin Moriyama
Japan
Best movies:
Penny Serenade (1941)
Morituri (1965)
Sayonara (1957)
Peter Chong
China
Best movies:
Easter Parade (1948)
On the Town (1949)
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958)
John McKee
USA
Best movies:
The Big Country (1958)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Showdown (1963)