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Hell and High Water (1954)

Director(s) Samuel Fuller
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No producer listed for this movie
Top Genres Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller/Suspense
Top Topics Spies
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Hell and High Water (1954) was a Adventure - Drama Film directed by Samuel Fuller .

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Hell and High Water Quotes:

Prof. Montel: Each man has his own reasons for living, Mr. Jones, and his own price for dying.
Captain Adam Jones: Look, uh, look before we go any further... exactly what country do you men represent?
Prof. Montel: We represent many countries... as private individuals. We are scientists, former statesmen, businessmen. All volunteers. Acting independently for a common cause. Against a common enemy.
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Hell and High Water Facts
The scene from the attack on the first island was taken from the movie Crash Dive. Particularly the ammo exploding in the depot and the burning fuel cascading over the short cliff into the sea.
Charles Boyer was originally cast as "Prof. Montel."
The film was initially banned in France "on political grounds." An article noted that France had also banned Soviet films with political themes, and that "a number of European countries are sensitive to films with political themes and refuse them exhibition permits rather than rouse the ire of either the U.S. or Russia."
In his review of the film, New York Times critic Bosley Crowther misquoted the foreword, implying that the film was based on a true story in which announcements about an explosion had been made by the White House and Atomic Energy Commission.
This was Twentieth Century-Fox's fifth CinemaScope production.
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