Sharks attack
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Sharks attack |
| Original title | The Sharkfighters |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1956 |
| length | 100 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jerry Hopper |
| script | Lawrence novel |
| production | Samuel Goldwyn Junior |
| music | Jerome Moross |
| camera | Lee Garmes |
| cut | Daniel Mandell |
| occupation | |
| |
Sharks attack (Original title: The Sharkfighters ) is a semi-documentary American film directed by Jerry Hopper from 1956. The screenplay was written by Lawrence Roman . The leading roles are cast with Victor Mature , James Olson , Claude Akins and Philip Coolidge . In the USA the film was first seen on the screen on November 17, 1956, in the Federal Republic of Germany only on April 19, 1957.
action
The film is set in the war year 1942. Pilots who have been shot down over the sea are fatally injured by sharks. To remedy this evil, the American Navy has formed a project group to develop a chemical repellent against attacking sharks and test it off the coast of Cuba. The group is headed by Commander Ben Staves. His employees are Lieutenant Leonard Evans, the young chemist Harold Duncan, the sea and cameraman Gordy Gordon and Carlos, who acts as the "girl for everything". The first attempt with a weak copper acetate does not produce the desired effect. A more concentrated solution, however, is more successful. As Staves is preparing to write a report to his superiors about it, Carlos falls into the water, is attacked by a shark, and the repellant used immediately is no longer able to save him. From this incident, Staves concludes that a new attempt should only be made with a living human. Therefore he asks his superior authority to provide him with two snipers; he himself will act as bait. The Navy approves the two snipers, but otherwise refuses the request.
For the new test, the copper acetate is mixed with a substance that squids squirt when they are attacked. Against the will of his superiors, Stave goes into the water, and a shark swims towards him. One of the snipers loses his nerve and shoots. The other sharks immediately pounced on the bleeding animal and tore it apart. When one of the sharks attacks Staves' safety line, he succeeds in rendering the animal harmless with a knife. The new repellant is then injected into the sea - and this time it works. Knowing that the experiment was a success, Stave swims back to the ship.
criticism
The lexicon of international film draws the following conclusion: “Documentary feature film with action scenes and predominantly adventurous tension.” Tierhorror.de judges: “This rather documentary feature film is based on research results of the American military. The role of Ben Staves is perfectly embodied by Viktor Mature. (...) Even if it is not a horror film, there are quite a few nice shark shots and attacks (...). "
The TVGuide certified "little excitement" The not very popular mature plays appropriately in one of the films, in which it really doesn't matter which action actor holds his shapely upper body in the camera, said James McKay.
Remarks
The recordings were made in Cuba.
source
Program for the film: Das Neue Film-Programm , published by the publisher of the same name, Mannheim, without a number
Web links
- Sharks attack in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Five pictures from the film with a (negative) short review at Cinema.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Lexicon of international films, rororo-Taschenbuch No. 6322 from 1988, p. 1470
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from January 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ James McKay: The Films of Victor Mature. Los Angeles, 2012, p. 133
