''Trapped Beneath the Sea'' is a 1974 American
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drama film
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directed by
William A. Graham. The screenplay concerns four men trapped in a mini-submarine in waters off the coast of
Florida
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.
Paul Michael Glaser
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,
Joshua Bryant
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,
Cliff Potts
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Potts starred as Sergeant Eugene Allar ...
and Roger Kern play the victims.
Lee J. Cobb
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and
Martin Balsam
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are among those trying to rescue them.
"Trapped Beneath the Sea details"
AMCtv.com Retrieved 2010-12-13 The film premiered as the ''ABC Movie of the Week
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'' on October 22, 1974.
Cast
* Lee J. Cobb
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as Victor Bateman
* Martin Balsam
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as T.C. Hollister
* Paul Michael Glaser
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as Jack Beech
* Joshua Bryant
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Bryant was born in Norfolk, Virginia. After at ...
as Sam Wallants
* Barra Grant
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Grant was born Barbara Carol Wayne in New York City, the daughter of Allan Wayne, a doll company executive, and Bess Myerson, M ...
as Grace Wallants
* Cliff Potts
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Potts starred as Sergeant Eugene Allar ...
as Gordon Gaines
* Warren Kemmerling as Cmdr. Prestwick
* Laurie Prange as Chris Moffet
* Phillip Richard Allen
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as Lt. Cmdr. Hanratty
* Redmond Gleeson
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Martin Gleeson was born in Dublin on January 26, 1935. as PO1 Stanton
* Roger Kern as Jeff Turley
* S. John Launer
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as Capt. Osborn
* Rod Perry
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as Jimmy
* William Wintersole
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as Cmdr. Robbins
* Simon Deckard as Dr. Lewison
* Fred Franklyn (credited as Fredric Franklyn) as Howard Wynter
* Norman Honath as Sailor #1
* Andy Knight as Sailor #2
* Hunter von Leer
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His first film role was in the 1972 movie '' Unholy Rollers''. He also acted in t ...
as Seaman Schrier
* Howard K. Smith
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as Narrator
See also
* List of American films of 1974
A list of American films released in 1974.
''The Godfather Part II'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Highest-grossing films (U.S.)
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See also
* 1974 in the United States
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1970s English-language films
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ABC Movie of the Week
Films directed by William Graham (director)
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