''Full Fathom Five'' is a 1990

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by Bart Davis and

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Carl Franklin Carl Franklin (born April 11, 1949) is an American filmmaker. Franklin is a graduate of University of California, Berkeley, and continued his education at the AFI Conservatory, where he graduated with an M.F.A. degree in directing in 1986. Earl ...

, starring

Michael Moriarty Michael Moriarty (born April 5, 1941) is an American-Canadian actor and jazz musician. He received an Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award for his first acting role on American television as a Nazi SS officer in the 1978 mini-series ''Holocaust'' ...

, Maria Rangel, and Diego Bertie. It was shot in Peru.Chris Nashawaty, ''Crab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen and Candy Stripe Nurses - Roger Corman: King of the B Movie'', Abrams, 2013 p 206

Plot

''Full Fathom Five'', based on the novel by Bart Davis, is set in the days preceding the

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invasion of

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in 1989. , a fictional , rescues agents from Panama, and Peter MacKenzie (

), the submarine's commanding officer, promptly falls in love with the beautiful Justine ( Maria Rangel). Meanwhile, Panamanian rebels seize a

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submarine (the "Victor Three class submarine CCCP ''Kirov''") and threaten America with a nuclear attack on Houston, Texas. Only MacKenzie and his crew can stop the villains.

Cast

as McKenzie *

Todd Field William Todd Field (born February 24, 1964) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for directing three feature films: '' In the Bedroom'' (2001), '' Little Children'' (2006), and '' Tár'' (2022). He has received three Academy Award no ...

as Johnson * Michael Cavanaugh as Garvin * Maria Rangel as Justine * John Lafayette as Lasovic * Orlando Sacha as Barrista *

Daniel Faraldo Daniel Faraldo (born June 10, 1977), known professionally as Dan-e-o, is a Canadian hip hop artist and actor of Jamaican and Spanish descent. In June 2015, Dan-e-o received the award for ''Best Hip Hop Artist'' at the ''Black Canadian Awards''. He ...

as Santillo *

as Fletcher

References

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