''The Evil Below'' is a 1989

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about an adventurer who goes hunting for treasure on a cursed shipwreck. Starring actors included

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and

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. It is one of many underwater-themed movies released around 1989, including ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' The Rift'' (Endless Descent).

Plot

Max Cash is a down-on-his luck fisherman and charter boat captain living in the

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when his life takes a turn when he meets Sarah Livingstone, a tourist who is seeking to find the treasure of accursed shipwreck, 'The El Diablo' which has been rumored to have sunk on an offshore reef near one of the many islands. Max and Sarah then team up to locate the wreck while dodging a local crime boss as well as a mysterious businessman who claims that the wreck is guarded by supernatural forces in form of a sea monster that no one claims to have ever seen and survived.

Cast

Wayne Crawford Wayne David Crawford (February 11, 1947 – April 30, 2016) was an American film and television actor, and film producer, director and screenwriter. Crawford appeared in nearly thirty films, produced fifteen, wrote nine, and directed seven. Cra ...

as Max Cash *

as Sarah Livingstone * Sheri Able as Tracy *

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as Adrian Barlow * Graham Clarke as Ray Calhoun *

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as Ray Calhoun Junior *

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as Max Cash Senior * Brian O'Shaughnessy as Father Shannon *

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as Constable Chambers *

as Guido

Reception

Creature Feature gave the movie two out of five stars.Stanley, J (2000) Creature Feature: #rd Edition

References

External links

* 1989 films 1980s adventure films 1989 horror films American adventure films American supernatural horror films Treasure hunt films Underwater action films Films set in the Bahamas 1980s English-language films 1980s American films {{1980s-horror-film-stub