Hell Below Zero

Hell Below Zero
Directed byMark Robson
Written byRichard Maibaum
Screenplay byAlec Coppel
Max Trell
Based onThe White South
by Hammond Innes
Produced byIrving Allen
Albert R. Broccoli
StarringAlan Ladd
Joan Tetzel
Basil Sydney
Stanley Baker
CinematographyJohn Wilcox
Edited byJohn D. Guthridge
Music byClifton Parker
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release dates
  • 13 January 1954 (1954-01-13) (London)
  • 16 July 1954 (1954-07-16) (US)
Running time
91 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1 million (approx)[1]
Box office$1.7 million[2]

Hell Below Zero is a 1954 British-American adventure film directed by Mark Robson and starring Alan Ladd, Joan Tetzel, Basil Sydney and Stanley Baker. It was written by Alec Coppel and Max Trell based on the 1949 novel The White South by Hammond Innes, and presents interesting footage of whaling fleets in action.[3] It was the second of Ladd's films for Warwick Films.

  1. ^ Scheuer, Philip K. (June 13, 1954). "A TOWN CALLED HOLLYWOOD: Producers Want English Clear--Even in Oklahoma". Los Angeles Times. p. D4.
  2. ^ "1954 Box Office Champs". Variety Weekly. January 5, 1955. p. 59. - figures are rentals in the US and Canada
  3. ^ IMDB entry