Sixteen Fathoms Deep
Sixteen Fathoms Deep | |
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Directed by | Armand Schaefer |
Written by | Barry Barringer Norman Houston |
Based on | the American magazine story by Eustace L. Adams |
Produced by | Paul Malvern |
Starring | Sally O'Neil Lon Chaney Jr. Russell Simpson |
Production company | Paul Malvern Productions |
Distributed by | Monogram Pictures |
Release date | 18 January 1934 (New York)[1] |
Running time | 58 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Sixteen Fathoms Deep is a 1934 American film directed by
Lon Chaney Jr, Sally O'Neil and Russell Simpson
. It was an early leading role for Chaney, then billed under his birth name "Creighton Chaney".
Plot
A sponge diver, Joe Bethel, hopes to make enough money to buy his own boat and marry his fiancée, Rosie. He must deal with a villainous fellow diver, Savanis.
Cast
- Sally O'Neil as Rosie
- Lon Chaney Jr. as Joe Bethel (billed as "Creighton Chaney")
- Russell Simpson as A. B. Crockett
- Maurice Black as Nick
- Jack Kennedy as Mike
- George Regas as Savanis
- Constantine Romanoff as Kargas
- Richard Alexander as Martin
- Raul S. Figarola as Chinchin
- Lloyd Ingraham as Old Athos
- Robert Kortman as Cimos
- Si Jenks as Sculpin
Production
O'Neil made the film after missing out on the role in Sitting Pretty (1933) to Ginger Rogers.[2]
Reception
The New York Times called Sixteen Fathoms Deep a "good swaggering specimen" of action melodrama, "exciting, plausible and a lot of fun."[3]
See also
- Down to the Sea (1936)
- Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953)
References
External links
- Sixteen Fathoms Deep at IMDb
- Sixteen Fathoms Deep at BFI
- Sixteen Fathoms Deep at IMDb
- Complete 1934 film at YouTube
- . Complete 1948 film at YouTube
- Sixteen Fathoms Deep at the TCM Movie Database
- Sixteen Fathoms Deep at the TCM Movie Database