An old story - elderly captain, young hot wife who wants to bang the younger first mate. But Cy Endfield, writer-director, puts in effort - its got location work in Spain, some excellent storm footage, a strong finale with the ship coming across a creepy trawler and weird captain... I actually wish it had been more of this, maybe one journey with the woman on board.
Luciana Paluzzi is sexy and can act as the woman even if ultimately there's not a lot of depth to her character. Victor McLaglen and Stanley Baker are excellently cast as is Robert Shaw as a scowly crew member who wants Baker's job.
This is good, tough adventure stuff - not as strong as Hell Drivers, and it needs more of a villain, like German U Boats or something. But it was made with care - flamenco music and so on. Not a typical bland 50s Rank movie.
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