Raiders
From Beneath The Sea
A
plot to rob the Catalina Island bank with scuba gear.
This remotely
suggests The Snorkel (dir. Guy Green)
and in another way Murph the Surf (dir. Marvin J. Chomsky).
The mainland
locations are similarly viewed in Welles’ Touch
of Evil and Polanski’s Chinatown.
The anticipation
of Edward Albee’s Seascape in Avalon
is rather striking.
“You try and score
on a bank, that’s just plain war.”
TV Guide,
“average caper film”.