The adventure was boring. The shark is nothing more than a cameo. The leading lady was as dull as creek water. The kid wasn't cute. And Burt just seems to be walking through this exotic adventure that seems to be a rip off of Ernest Hemingway's "To Have and Have Not" which had already been remade twice. When the only amusing moment has Burt harassing a sleazy flop house proprietor for his weight, you know that the film is in trouble.
Silvia Pinal has no screen presence as the apparent mistress of Barry Sullivan who uses gun runner Reynolds to dive to a sunken ship to retrieve the treasure, warning him that sharks surround the area, but macho Burt doesn't care. The little con-artist kid is a complete pest, but Burt utilizes him anyway even after he's stolen from him.
Then there is veteran character actor Arthur Kennedy, one of the most respected talents of the 1940's and 50's, a multiple Oscar nominee, reduced to a cameo playing a pathetic drunk. This was filmed in a very cheap looking color which reveals it to be a low B, and that's pretty surprising coming from Sam Fuller who really had made some complex films during the golden age that were really groundbreaking. A mega disappointment.
Silvia Pinal has no screen presence as the apparent mistress of Barry Sullivan who uses gun runner Reynolds to dive to a sunken ship to retrieve the treasure, warning him that sharks surround the area, but macho Burt doesn't care. The little con-artist kid is a complete pest, but Burt utilizes him anyway even after he's stolen from him.
Then there is veteran character actor Arthur Kennedy, one of the most respected talents of the 1940's and 50's, a multiple Oscar nominee, reduced to a cameo playing a pathetic drunk. This was filmed in a very cheap looking color which reveals it to be a low B, and that's pretty surprising coming from Sam Fuller who really had made some complex films during the golden age that were really groundbreaking. A mega disappointment.