Hey, kids! Did you know that a league can vary anywhere from 2.6 to 4.6 statue miles? Neither did I, but apparently this phantom is either so resilient that can withstand being 26,000 miles under water, or the producer couldn't remember the difference between a fathom and a league, or perhaps they wanted to cash in on the Disney movie "20,000 leagues under the sea". Regardless, this movie goes down hard. Think of it as "Horror of Party Beach" without the annoying Del Aires and even *less* action.
Our cinematic Bataan Death March is the story of Professor King, and his research into something that involves exposing turtles to massive amounts of radiation. Somehow, there's a radioactive light source under the ocean which is guarded by the aquatic version of the MGM lion. Kent Taylor stars as Ted Stevens or Ted Baxter (oooooooh, Mr. Grant!), depending on who he's talking to. While Professor Stevens/Baxter isn't working on mysteries without any clues, he's trying to woo Professor King's daughter. There's also the haunting specter of foreign agents who are trying to steal this *ahem* technology.
Of course, what B movie would be complete without the obligatory worship before the stock footage gods. Watch how the skies change from movie to stock footage and back again during the warship scene. Continuity is a problem, too. We see two air tanks being vandalized, and then we see two people going for a dive. They're the ones to be poisoned, right? WRONG, grasshopper! They get killed by the phantom. We have to march several more miles uphill in deep snow with no shoes before we get to the targets of the murder attempt. Finally, just because you *can* shoot film underwater doesn't mean you *should*. All in all, this movie is one big cluster of foxes.
Sterno says cut the air hose on Phantom.
Our cinematic Bataan Death March is the story of Professor King, and his research into something that involves exposing turtles to massive amounts of radiation. Somehow, there's a radioactive light source under the ocean which is guarded by the aquatic version of the MGM lion. Kent Taylor stars as Ted Stevens or Ted Baxter (oooooooh, Mr. Grant!), depending on who he's talking to. While Professor Stevens/Baxter isn't working on mysteries without any clues, he's trying to woo Professor King's daughter. There's also the haunting specter of foreign agents who are trying to steal this *ahem* technology.
Of course, what B movie would be complete without the obligatory worship before the stock footage gods. Watch how the skies change from movie to stock footage and back again during the warship scene. Continuity is a problem, too. We see two air tanks being vandalized, and then we see two people going for a dive. They're the ones to be poisoned, right? WRONG, grasshopper! They get killed by the phantom. We have to march several more miles uphill in deep snow with no shoes before we get to the targets of the murder attempt. Finally, just because you *can* shoot film underwater doesn't mean you *should*. All in all, this movie is one big cluster of foxes.
Sterno says cut the air hose on Phantom.