The Sharkfighters (1956)
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!
Director:
Jerry Hopper
Writers:
Jonathan Robinson, Lawrence Roman.
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Victor Mature as Lt. Cmdr. Ben Staves |
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Karen Steele as Martha Staves |
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James Olson as Ens. Harold Duncan |
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Philip Coolidge as Lt. Cmdr. Leonard Evans |
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Claude Akins as Chief 'Gordy' Gordon |
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Rafael Campos as Carlos |
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George N. Neise as Cmdr. George Zimmer (as George Neise) |
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Nathan Yates as Capt. Ruiz |
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Jesús Hernández as Vincente |
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Lorin Johns as Self (as M/Sgt. Lorin Johns) |
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David Westlein as Self (as CPO David Westlein) |
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Charles Collingwood as Narrator |
| Directing | Jerry Hopper | Director |
| Writing | Art Napoleon | Story |
| Writing | Jo Napoleon | Story |
| Writing | Jonathan Robinson | Screenplay |
| Writing | Lawrence Roman | Screenplay |
| Production | Samuel Goldwyn Jr. | Producer |
| Camera | Lee Garmes | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Daniel Mandell | Editor |
| Sound | Jerome Moross | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marjorie Corso | Wardrobe Supervisor |
