cult film freak: philip coolidge

Written by James M. Tate / 3/03/2017 / No comments / action , claude akins , fifties , jerry hopper , karen steele , philip coolidge , rafael campos , shark , suspense , victor mature , war

VICTOR MATURE DIVES INTO JERRY HOPPER'S 'THE SHARKFIGHTERS'

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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhukXVKQhJ_eYciCT8uXOvDtawOOTM18VIo-UMcL5Kwe6X7GYmg8StcDVxXTaKfeaUepg4voqFkObvuDSTOfAfRa_xrglnysX9QTviR4QS2z12MeuOw5dW_UFr3-sR03qomB9omDm1ko4gUoM6F6iGVL-xniZRijpEc15qA8XDzoVtz-Or1nJuSlRPJMavt/s1766/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-09%20at%208.32.56%20PM%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1030" data-original-width="1766" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhukXVKQhJ_eYciCT8uXOvDtawOOTM18VIo-UMcL5Kwe6X7GYmg8StcDVxXTaKfeaUepg4voqFkObvuDSTOfAfRa_xrglnysX9QTviR4QS2z12MeuOw5dW_UFr3-sR03qomB9omDm1ko4gUoM6F6iGVL-xniZRijpEc15qA8XDzoVtz-Or1nJuSlRPJMavt/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-09%20at%208.32.56%20PM%202.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: THE SHARKFIGHTERS Year: 1955 Rating: ****</u></td></tr></tbody></table>THE SHARKFIGHTERS is but an ingredient of what would make a bonafide 
World War II movie's main course: In order for soldiers to survive in 
the ocean — either far out or close to an invading beach — without being
 eaten by those infamously ravaging dorsal-finned predators, it's the 
job of a scientific military unit, stationed in pre-Castro Cuba, to 
develop a liquid-repellent to keep sharks away, and for long enough to 
matter...<br></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">That's the plot overall, and there's a lot of testing in-between, making
 up a few suspenseful scenes when not wasting superfluous time inland, 
in Havana, where the main character, war hero Lt. Cmdr. Ben Staves, 
played by Victor Mature, enjoys live mamba music with his gorgeous wife 
(Karen Steele), whose character is all but deleted by the token 
expository shark expert who, like any film's stock "better half" sans 
the romance,  must weather his new moody boss on the boat or back at a 
compound, located at a fishing village looking straight out of 
Hemingway... <br></div><span></span>

action, claude akins, fifties, jerry hopper, karen steele, philip coolidge, rafael campos, shark, suspense, victor mature, war

VICTOR MATURE DIVES INTO JERRY HOPPER'S 'THE SHARKFIGHTERS'

Title: THE SHARKFIGHTERS Year: 1955 Rating: **** THE SHARKFIGHTERS is but an ingredient of what would make a bonafide World War II movie...

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