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form y separately published work icon Hell Below Zero single work   film/TV   thriller   adventure  
Adaptation of The White South Hammond Innes , 1949 single work novel
Note:

Co-written with American script-writer Max Trell.

Richard Maibaum is credited with 'adaptation'.
Issue Details: First known date: 1954... 1954 Hell Below Zero
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Film Details - Warwick Film Productions , 1954

Producers:

Irving Allen and Albert R. Broccoli.

Production Companies:

Warwick Film Productions.
Distributed by Columbia Pictures.

Director of Photography:

John Wilcox.

Editors:

John D. Guthridge.

Music:

Clifton Parker.
Music performed by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

Cast:

Including Alan Ladd (Duncan Craig), Joan Tetzel (Judie Nordhal), Basil Sydney (Bland), Stanley Baker (Erik Bland), Joseph Tomelty (Capt. McPhee), Niall MacGinnis (Dr Howe), Jill Bennett (Gerda Petersen), Peter Dyneley (Miller), Susan Rayne (Kathleen), Philo Hauser (Sandeborg), Ivan Craig (Larsen), and Paddy Ryan (Manders).

Release Dates:

Premiered 13 January 1954 (London).

Location:

  • Filmed at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire, England.
  • Filming did include an Antarctic expedition, filming of which was directed by Anthony Bushell.
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