This film shows a badly kept secret: how not to age regularly. It also shows in the end, in a masterful camera and special effects work, the sudden ageing of The Captain, thus proving that even men who do not age eventually become fools.
The film is under pare with similar B-films, possibly due to repetitive underwater scenes. As action scenes go, we've seen better, even by 1965 standards.
It has three important points in it's favour, though: the beautiful girl, shown as often as possible in daring low-cut decoletee dresses; the rich, historically accurate interiors of the isolated mansion; and the reproduction of the classic Cretan frescoes that help the spectator to have the feeling of time-travelling after the descent into the underwater grotto. Also, there is the opening reading of Poe's poem, "City In the Sea"... Ah, yes, as they say in the credits, «not to forget Herbert», a rooster that comes out of its basket at the most inappropriate moments for the owner, Harold - a Scott played tongue-in-cheek by David Tomlinson, thus adding a few surprise comic relief moments to a somber tale of mystery.
The film is under pare with similar B-films, possibly due to repetitive underwater scenes. As action scenes go, we've seen better, even by 1965 standards.
It has three important points in it's favour, though: the beautiful girl, shown as often as possible in daring low-cut decoletee dresses; the rich, historically accurate interiors of the isolated mansion; and the reproduction of the classic Cretan frescoes that help the spectator to have the feeling of time-travelling after the descent into the underwater grotto. Also, there is the opening reading of Poe's poem, "City In the Sea"... Ah, yes, as they say in the credits, «not to forget Herbert», a rooster that comes out of its basket at the most inappropriate moments for the owner, Harold - a Scott played tongue-in-cheek by David Tomlinson, thus adding a few surprise comic relief moments to a somber tale of mystery.