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The Deep (1978)

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Film details

Featuring

Jacqueline Bisset Nick Nolte Robert Shaw
Countries

United Kingdom USA
Year

1978
Genres

Thriller Action and Adventure
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

Action thriller. A couple, Gail and David, on vacation in Bermuda go diving and suddenly find their lives endangered when they discover a caché of ampules of morphine. They find themselves targeted by the ruthless Henri Cloche, who is interested in a small ampule of morphine, found on one of their dives in an old sunken ship. With help from rugged local Romer Treece, the couple attempt to salvage the morphine and also some hidden treasure.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Gail Berke
    
    Jacqueline Bisset
  - David Sanders
    
    Nick Nolte
  - Romer Treece
    
    Robert Shaw
  - Slake
    
    Dick Anthony Williams
  - Ronald
    
    Earl Maynard
  - Wiley
    
    Bob Minor
  - Henri Cloche
    
    Louis Gossett Jr
  - Adam Coffin
    
    Eli Wallach
  - harbour master
    
    Teddy Tucker
  - Kevin
    
    Robert Tessier
  - Johnson
    
    Lee McClain
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    Peter Yates
  - Production Company
    
    Columbia Pictures Corporation
  - Production Company
    
    EMI
  - Production Company
    
    Casablanca FilmWorks
  - Producer
    
    Peter Guber
  - Associate producer/production manager
    
    George Justin
  - Production Executive
    
    Peter A. Lake
  - 2nd unit underwater director/cameraman
    
    Al Giddings
  - 2nd unit underwater director/cameraman
    
    Stanton Waterman
  - Assistant Director
    
    Derek Cracknell
  - Assistant Director
    
    Richard Jenkins
  - Assistant Director
    
    Raymond Becket
  - Continuity
    
    Mary Dalison
  - Continuity
    
    Sally Jones
  - Casting
    
    Mike Fenton
  - Casting
    
    Jane Feinberg
  - Screenplay
    
    Peter Benchley
  - Screenplay
    
    Tracy Keenan Wynn
  - Script Collaborator
    
    Tom Mankiewicz
  - Based on the novel by
    
    Peter Benchley
  - Director of Photography
    
    Christopher Challis
  - Special Effects
    
    Ira Anderson
  - Supervising Editor
    
    Robert L. Wolfe
  - Editor
    
    David Berlatsky
  - Production Designer
    
    Tony Masters
  - Art Director
    
    Jack Maxsted
  - Art Director
    
    Terry Ackland-Snow
  - Set Decorator
    
    Vernon Dixon
  - Set Decorator
    
    Peter Grant
  - Costumes
    
    Ron Talsky
  - Wardrobe
    
    Bronson, Tom
  - Make-up
    
    Henriques, Ed
  - Hair
    
    Pat McDermott
  - Title Design
    
    Anthony Goldschmidt
  - Title logo design
    
    Alex Gotfryd
  - Music
    
    John Barry
  - Sound Recording
    
    Robin Gregory
  - Sound consultant
    
    Hal Landaker
  - Sound Re-recording
    
    Walter Goss
  - Sound Re-recording
    
    Dick Alexander
  - Sound Re-recording
    
    Tom Beckert
  - Special sound effects recorder
    
    Dana Wood
  - Sound Effects Editor
    
    Frederick J. Brown
  - Sound Effects Editor
    
    Ross Taylor
  - Sound Effects Editor
    
    Michele Sharp
  - Stunt Co-ordinator
    
    Howard Curtis
  - Stunt Co-ordinator
    
    Bob Minor
  - Stunt Co-ordinator
    
    Jim Nickerson
  - Stunt Co-ordinator
    
    Richard Washington
  - Dive master
    
    Dennis Breese
  - Marine biologist
    
    Kym Murphy
  - Marine biologist
    
    John Hart
  - Special consultant
    
    Teddy Tucker
  - Marine environments
    
    Carlos Machado
  - Special assistant
    
    Bill Rudin
  - Special assistant
    
    Mike Nathanson
  - Special assistant
    
    Sam Gellis
  - Special assistant
    
    Lynda Guber
  - Special assistant
    
    Missy Alpern

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