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Director:
Mark Robson
Writers:
Alec Coppel (screenplay) and
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Release Date:
15 January 1954 (Japan) more
Genre:
Action | Adventure | Drama | Romance more
Plot:
Duncan Craig signs on a whaling ship, partly because his own business deal has fallen through, partly to help Judie Nordhall find her father... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Alan Ladd ... Duncan Craig
Joan Tetzel ... Judie Nordhal
Basil Sydney ... Bland
Stanley Baker ... Erik Bland
Joseph Tomelty ... Capt. McPhee
Niall MacGinnis ... Dr. Howe
Jill Bennett ... Gerda Petersen
Peter Dyneley ... Miller
Susan Rayne ... Kathleen
Philo Hauser ... Sandeborg
Ivan Craig ... Larsen
Paddy Ryan ... Manders
Cyril Chamberlain ... Factory Ship Radio Operator
Paul Homer ... Kista Dan Radio Operator
Edward Hardwicke ... Ulvik
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Runtime:
90 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Colour:
Colour (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
West Germany:12 (nf) | Finland:K-16 | UK:U | USA:Approved (PCA #16578, General Audience) | Sweden:15
Filming Locations:
Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Company:
Warwick Film Productions more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
When the film premiered in Hollywood in 1954, Alan Ladd gave a few mounted actual whale teeth to special guests on opening night. He was actually on the ship during some of the filming. The tooth "trophies" are highly collectible today. Each has a plaque identifying them as coming from the movie. more

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9 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
Enjoyable seas adventure, 28 June 2005
8/10
Author: Chris Gaskin from Derby, England

Hell Below Zero is one of three British movies Alan Ladd (Shane) appeared in. The Black Night was one of the others. I enjoyed this.

A man signs on a whaling ship and one of the reasons for this is to help a woman find her Dad's killer. The expedition takes them to the frozen wastes of the Antarctic, where they track the killer down on a rival whaling ship. Not surprisingly, Ladd also falls in love with the woman.

There is some good photography in this movie, which is shot well in colour. I first thought is was black and white when I purchased it.

The rest of the cast includes Joan Tetzel as the love interest, Stanley Baker (Zulu) as the murderer and Basil Sydney.

Hell Below Zero is a good way to spend 90 minutes one afternoon or evening. Very good.

Rating: 3 stars out of 5.

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