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Fire Down Below

Play trailer Poster for Fire Down Below 1957,  1h 56m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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Tomatometer 3 Reviews 29% Popcornmeter 100+ Ratings
Set in the Caribbean, U.S. expatriates Tony and Felix cruise around the ocean and eke out a meager subsistence using their small trawling boat to transport cargo. When they take on the job of smuggling illegal-immigrant beauty Irena to another island, the two friends find their friendship torn apart by their mutual romantic feelings toward her. Though jealousy has split them apart, fate intervenes to bring the two back together.

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Chris Bennion The Times (UK) Jul 10, 2023
There are four stars in this good-looking adventure drama: Robert Mitchum, Jack Lemmon, Rita Hayworth, and the Trinidadian location. Each sizzles nicely, turning humdrum fare into something rather more enjoyable. Go to Full Review
Clyde Gilmour Maclean's Magazine Nov 22, 2019
Rita Hayworth returns after three years' absence from the screen and proves that she has lost none of her knack at presenting a performance as inept, wooden and unintentionally farcical as anything she ever did in the past Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Jun 14, 2008
C
The film gets right the Caribbean atmosphere (filmed in Trinidad) but nearly drowns over its turgid melodramatics and how perfunctory it's all played out. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Robert Parrish

Director

Rita Hayworth

Irena

Robert Mitchum

Felix

Jack Lemmon

Tony

Herbert Lom

Harbour Master

Bernard Lee

Dr Sam

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Fire Down Below

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Movie Info

Synopsis Set in the Caribbean, U.S. expatriates Tony and Felix cruise around the ocean and eke out a meager subsistence using their small trawling boat to transport cargo. When they take on the job of smuggling illegal-immigrant beauty Irena to another island, the two friends find their friendship torn apart by their mutual romantic feelings toward her. Though jealousy has split them apart, fate intervenes to bring the two back together.
Director
Robert Parrish
Producer
Irving Allen, Albert R. Broccoli
Screenwriter
Max Catto, Irwin Shaw
Production Co
Columbia Pictures Corporation, Warwick Film Productions
Genre
Drama
Original Language
British English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 27, 2010
Runtime
1h 56m
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