The second of three potboilers Alan Ladd made in Britain for Warwick Productions for tax reasons.
John Wilcox's rich Technicolor photography provides the novelty of seeing a good cast comprised mainly of Brits (among them at least two - Joseph Tomelty & Niall MacGinnis - Irish and two - Stanley Baker playing a Nazi & Glyn Houston - Welsh, further enlivened by Jill Bennett as a Danish - of all things! - ship's captain) in colour snarling and scrapping on studio sets that anticipate 'Ice Station Zebra' between authentic footage shot under the supervision of Anthony Bushell in the actual Antarctic.
John Wilcox's rich Technicolor photography provides the novelty of seeing a good cast comprised mainly of Brits (among them at least two - Joseph Tomelty & Niall MacGinnis - Irish and two - Stanley Baker playing a Nazi & Glyn Houston - Welsh, further enlivened by Jill Bennett as a Danish - of all things! - ship's captain) in colour snarling and scrapping on studio sets that anticipate 'Ice Station Zebra' between authentic footage shot under the supervision of Anthony Bushell in the actual Antarctic.