| The Deep | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Orson Welles |
| Screenplay by | Orson Welles |
| Based on | Dead Calm by Charles Williams |
| Produced by | Orson Welles |
| Starring | Michael Bryant Laurence Harvey Oja Kodar Jeanne Moreau Orson Welles |
| Cinematography | Willy Kurant Ivica Rajkovic |
| Language | English |
The Deep is an unfinished film directed by Orson Welles, based on Charles Williams' novel Dead Calm (1963), which was later adapted as an eponymous 1989 film. Welles produced and wrote The Deep, as well as played the role of Russ Brewer opposite Jeanne Moreau and Laurence Harvey.
Welles worked on the film from 1966 to 1969. The film is incomplete; several major scenes were never shot, and portions of the soundtrack remain unrecorded. The original negative has been lost, and the film exists in two work prints, one in black and white and the other in color (the way the film was intended to be shown).[1]