War-Gods of the Deep

Infobox Film
name = War-Gods of the Deep


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caption = film poster by Reynold Brown
director = Jacques Tourneur
producer = Daniel Haller
writer = Charles Bennett Louis M. Heyward
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starring = Vincent Price Tab Hunter Susan Hart David Tomlinson John Le Mesurier
music = Stanley Black
cinematography = Stephen Dade
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distributor = American International Pictures
released = United States: May 26, 1965 United Kingdom: June, 1965
runtime = 85 min.
country = United Kingdom
language = English
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amg_id = 1:115958
imdb_id = 0059895

"War-Gods of the Deep" (also known as "The City Under the Sea") is a 1965 science fiction film. It was director by Jacques Tourneur and starred Vincent Price, Tab Hunter and David Tomlinson. The plot concerns the discovery of a lost city beneath the sea off the coast of Cornwall. Price is the captain overseeing a group of sailors who have lived there for more than a century where the peculiar mix of gases has allowed them to extend their lifespan.

The film was made in the tradition of the period fantasies started with Disney's "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" (1954). The film attempted to capitalize on the series of Edgar Allan Poe films that had been made by Roger Corman, starring Price. To this extent the film took the title of a Poe poem, "The City Under the Sea", and attempted to exploit the Poe films trend, even though the only connection is a recitation of the poem at the end.

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*imdb title|id=0059895|title=War-Gods of the Deep

*Copy of the Poe poem at " [http://bau2.uibk.ac.at/sg/poe/works/poetry/city_sea.html The Work of Edgar Allan Poe] "