Hell and High Water (1954 film)

Hell and High Water
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySamuel Fuller
Screenplay byJesse L. Lasky, Jr.
Samuel Fuller
Story byDavid Hempstead
Produced byRaymond A. Klune
StarringRichard Widmark
Bella Darvi
Victor Francen
CinematographyJoseph MacDonald
Edited byJames B. Clark
Music byAlfred Newman
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • February 6, 1954 (1954-02-06)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,870,000[1][2]
Box office$2,700,000[3][4][5]

Hell and High Water is a 1954 American Technicolor Cold War drama film from 20th Century Fox, directed by Samuel Fuller and starring Richard Widmark, Bella Darvi, and Victor Francen. The film was made to showcase CinemaScope in the confined sets of a submarine, and is not related to the 1933 film by the same name.

  1. ^ Aubrey Solomon, Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History, Scarecrow Press, 1989 p249.
  2. ^ "With 20th's Widescreen Jump". Variety. 1 December 1954. p. 4. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  3. ^ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p225
  4. ^ 'The Top Box-Office Hits of 1954', Variety Weekly, January 5, 1955.
  5. ^ "20th Blessing". Variety. 9 November 1955. p. 20.