
Mike and Tony Petrakis are a Greek father and son team who dive for sponges off the coast of Florida. After they are robbed by crooks, Arnold and the Rhys brothers, Mike decides to take his men to the dangerous 12-mile reef to dive for more sponges. Mike suffers a fatal accident when he falls from the reef leaving Tony to carry on the business. But now he has a companion, Gwyneth Rhys.... (Full plot summary below)
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Mike and Tony Petrakis are a Greek father and son team who dive for sponges off the coast of Florida. After they are robbed by crooks, Arnold and the Rhys brothers, Mike decides to take his men to the dangerous 12-mile reef to dive for more sponges. Mike suffers a fatal accident when he falls from the reef leaving Tony to carry on the business. But now he has a companion, Gwyneth Rhys.
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| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzYou can bet all the sponges in the ocean that this is no work of Shakespeare. |
| User ReviewPaul TExcellent movie reminiscent of Romeo and Juliet, realistic characters, racist element still relevant |
| User ReviewLarry SGreat cinematography, acting OK. Diving scenes realistic. |
| User ReviewKevin M. WFilmed in beautiful Tarpon Springs, Florida, this trinket of lurid passion concerns the ethnic and financial tensions between the local American homeboys versus the pushy, dirty, "you-know-how-they-are", immigrant Greeks ("why don't you go back to where you came from!!!"). The fight plays out over sponge diving rights at a time when Florida was where most of the sponges were. Greek Adonis boy (Wagner in curly black hair) is caught looking a little too hard at fresh as a daisy American girl (Moore, in a tight button-down shirt and tight shorts!), and you just know that that ain't gonna happen. Romeo and Juliet then in sunny Florida ... where there's a giant octopus that needs love as well ... Beneath the 12 Mile Reef! |
| User ReviewGregory Wwagner wears a ridiculous curly-haired wig in this (he's italian, guys) but you forgive him cuz he's got such a nice smile |
| User ReviewBruce BThis 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 you add it to yours. |
| User Reviewjay nBeautiful underwater photography but hokey beyond belief! |
| User ReviewYoli GI'm the first person on flixster ever to review this, that says a lot about the film. Notable only for being one of the first CinemaScope films, this hasn't aged well and is essentially just a cheesy 1950s B movie with a few mildly interesting undersea scenes. |