Release Date: Dec 2, 1953 Wide
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At the time of its release, Beneath the 12-Mile Reef was considered more notable for its technical achievements than its artistic virtues, a judgment that is still valid, up to a point. It wasn't the most earth-shattering drama ever made, though the performances seem better than they were probably given credit for being at the time. 20th Century Fox's second Cinemascope production starred Robert Wagner (at the height of his male ingénue phase) and Terry Moore in a modern Romeo and Juliet story.
Dec 2, 1953 Wide
Jan 10, 2006
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
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You can bet all the sponges in the ocean that this is no work of Shakespeare.
This one takes place down in Florida, near Key West, its about the sponge farmers, the Greeks vs the Conch's (Local Key Westerns) back in the day. A young Robert Wagner loses his girl to a Greek, she runs off and gets married, Dam Greeks. Anyway its a good one if you like the ole shool movies. Its in my Collection will
December 14, 2008Super Reviewer
Interesting to see Wagner as a young man. The performances were well done, good as the acting of the day required. The movie is based around a toiling sea farming business that environmentalist would have a breakdown watching: sea sponge extraction. The backdrop to the movie however could have been about almost any
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