CinemaOSMovie · 1956 · 1h 13m

The Sharkfighters

FIGHTING THE TERROR OF THE SEAS!

57%(10)IMDbAdventure

Landing on a small island not far from Havana, Cuba, Lt. Cmdr. Ben Staves joins a Navy scientific project engaged in finding an effective shark repellent to help save the lives of WWII military personnel stranded in shark-infested waters. His zeal for completing the project as fast as possible is explained by his having lost a large percentage of his crew to sharks when his ship was sunk by the Japanese. Against the advice of the others on the project, Staves demands that the new repellent be tested on a live subject surrounded by hungry sharks and will allow no one but himself to be the test subject!

Directed byJerry Hopper

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 13m
Language
EN
Released
November 1, 1956
Studios
Formosa Productions

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Victor Mature

Victor Mature

Lt. Cmdr. Ben Staves

Karen Steele

Karen Steele

Martha Staves

James Olson

James Olson

Ens. Harold Duncan

Philip Coolidge

Philip Coolidge

Lt. Cmdr. Leonard Evans

Claude Akins

Claude Akins

Chief 'Gordy' Gordon

Rafael Campos

Rafael Campos

Carlos

George N. Neise

George N. Neise

Cmdr. George Zimmer (as George Neise)

Nathan Yates

Capt. Ruiz

Jesús Hernández

Vincente

Lorin Johns

Self (as M/Sgt. Lorin Johns)

Creative team
Directed by
Jerry Hopper
Jerry Hopper
Written by
Art Napoleon
Jo Napoleon
Produced by
Samuel Goldwyn Jr.
Samuel Goldwyn Jr.

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