Roger Corman’s first film as producer, partly financed with money earned from the sale of his story for Highway Dragnet. It has two features that would frequently re-occur in his later work: a strong female lead, and a production gimmick, in this case a minature sub, which Corman got for free in exchange for publicity. It’s the best thing about the film.
Unfortunately there’s also a rather blah story, indifferent acting and handling – watch how long the talking scenes with the Mexicans go on. There are two effective bits – one where the girl is menaced underwater by a shark in some very realistic footage, and the climax where they ram the sub into the (crappy) sea monster’s eye.
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