Opération requins

Titre original : The Sharkfighters

1956
Approved
1h 13min

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Adventure Drama War

Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, des scientifiques de la marine américaine travaillant à Cuba tentent de trouver un dispositif anti-requins à utiliser par les militaires coincés dans les ... Tout lirePendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, des scientifiques de la marine américaine travaillant à Cuba tentent de trouver un dispositif anti-requins à utiliser par les militaires coincés dans les eaux infestées de requins.Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, des scientifiques de la marine américaine travaillant à Cuba tentent de trouver un dispositif anti-requins à utiliser par les militaires coincés dans les eaux infestées de requins.

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314

MA NOTE

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Anecdotes
In spite of the persistent rumor that special effects artist Russell Shearman was attacked and killed by a shark while filming underwater in the Caribbean Sea off Cuba, his May 8, 1956 obituary in the Los Angeles Times states that he and was "electrocuted while repairing equipment" for the film. He was taken to the nearest hospital but was dead on arrival. Serving as the picture's "chief technician", he was renowned for the "development of many machines and gadgets used in motion-picture production", said the Times, and was not an underwater cameraman or working as one when electrocuted.

Gaffes
Although the film is supposed to take place in the summer of 1943, the plane Lt. Commander Staves disembarks from on the Isle of Pines carries post-World War II national insignia on its fuselage and wings.

Citations
Narrator: [opening narration] This is the Isle of Pines. Columbus discovered it on his second voyage to the Indies. The Spaniards colonised it. When Cuba won her freedom, it came into her possession. This is the southern coast of the island and these are its people. They are the Caymaneros. Their livelihood depends on their knowledge of the sea and the life beneath it. Though they are Cuban, they speak English - the language of their ancestors who migrated here from the Cayman Islands and Jamaica. In early 1943, with action in shark-infested waters increasing, scientists from the United States Naval Research Laboratory came here to work. The project was called "Operation Shark Chaser". To them, as well as to the officers and men of the United States Navy, this film is dedicated.

Bandes originales
Noche en el mar
by Mercy Ferrer and Cesar Portillo
Sung by the Aida Quartette

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Victor Mature spends more time drinking beer than fighting sharks.

Victor Mature spends more time drinking beer than fighting sharks in this shamefully bad film about a U.S. military shark-fighting operation in Cuba. It looks like it was shot with only camera (which has a hard time staying in focus). The film was probably just an excuse to take a vacation in Cuba.