CITY BENEATH THE SEA(1971)
This was a proposed TV series by producer Irwin Allen, who also
produced/wwrote/directed many other shows, including The Time
Tunnel, The Towering Inferno, Lost In Space[1998], Voyage To The
Bottom Of The Sea, Land Of The Giants and The Poseidon Adventure!
This stars three of the main actors from The Time Tunnel: James
Darren, Robert Colbert & Whit Bissell, along with Robert Wagner,
Stuart Whitman and Richard Basehart!
This is decent enough and probably would have succeeded but
for the actors themselves. While some of them are really top-
notch(Wagner, Darren, Colbert & Basehart), however the rest
of them are either too bland or too stiff or too over-the-top!
The visuals are quite impressive and the story interesting
enough(transferring gold and a highly volitile element to
a city undeer the sea called Pacifica and an apparent attack
by aliens!), but just needed a little more pazzzazz! B
Specials:
Trailer
From a reviewer at IMDb.com:
This is an action movie done relatively comic book style, in
which the characters more or less are larger than life. We
have presidents, captains, grand evil personages, etc.
There are some major stars, noted actors. And they are well
cast. The plot is more or less about a city beneath the sea.
But it is more about two brothers, one good, one bad. Robert
Wagner has done this before, with Spencer Tracy. Now he is
the evil younger brother of Stuart Whitman. He makes a very
good show.
This is an exciting piece, not to be taken very seriously.
It is well done. - drystyx