CITY BENEATH THE SEA
Television Movie
Year: 1971
Director: Irwin Allen
US Premiere: 25 January 1971
Plot Summary
Colonists in an underwater city in 2053 A.D. struggle to settle into their new environment.
Cast
Stuart Whitman - Admiral Matthews
Rosemary Forsyth - Lia Holmes
Robert Colbert - Commander Woodie Patterson
Burr De Benning - Dr. Aguila
Susana Miranda - Elena
Paul Stewart - Barton
Whit Bissell - Professor Holmes
Larry Pennell - Bill Holmes
Sheila Mathews - Blonde Woman
Tom Drake - General Putman
Charles Dierkop - Quinn
Richard Basehart - President
Joseph Cotten - Dr. Ziegler
James Darren - Dr. Talty
Sugar Ray Robinson - Captain Hunter
Robert Wagner - Brett Matthews
Bill Bryant - Captain Lunderson
Bob Dowdell - Young Officer
Edward G. Robinson Jr. - Dr. Burkson
Johnny Lee - Tony
Glenna Sergent - Sally
Ray Didsbury - Security Guard
Erik Nelson - Triton Controller
Production Crew
Screenplay - John Meredyth Lucas
Story - Irwin Allen
Producer - Irwin Allen
Director - Irwin Allen
Associate Producer - Sidney Marshall
Production Supervisor - Hal Herman
Unit Production Manager - Norman Cook
Associate Producer in Charge of Post Production - George E. Swink
Story Editor - Al Gail
Music Composed and Conducted by - Richard LaSalle
Costume Design - Paul Zastupnevich
Director of Photography - Kenneth Peach, A.S.C.
Special Photographic Effects - L.B. Abbott, A.S.C., John C. Caldwell
Art Directors - Rodger E. Maus, Stan Jolley
Set Decoration - James Cane
Production Assistant - Art Volpert
Film Editor - James Baiotto, A.C.E.
Assistant Film Editor - Rick Roth
Script Supervisor - Cleo Anton
Assistant Director - Les Warner
Data processing equipment - Xerox Data Systems
Special Lighting Fixtures - Raak Architectural Lighting
A Production of Kent Productions, Inc. in association with Motion Pictures International, Inc.
Copyright 1971 Kent Productions, Inc. and Motion Pictures International, Inc.
Trivia
Irwin Allen also prepared a City Beneath the Sea presentation reel for this concept, with Glenn Corbett and Francine York in 1969. This television movie version was produced in 1970 and first aired in the US on 25th January 1971. It was released in U.K. as ONE HOUR TO DOOMSDAY. Note that the story starts on June 12, 2053, where June 12th was of course Irwin Allen's birthday.
Alternative Titles
Argentina: La Ciudad Bajo el Mar
Brazil: Cidade Sob o Mar
France: La Citadelle Sous la Mer
Germany: Um 9 Uhr geht die Erde unter
Italy: La Città Degli Acquanauti
Japan: 海底都市
Portugal: A Cidade Submersa
Portugal: Cidade Debaixo do Mar
Portugal: Cidade no Fundo do Mar
Spain: La Ciudad Bajo el Agua
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Collectibles
City Beneath the Sea DVD Release
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