Associated Film Distribution
Directed by Jerry Jameson
My rating: 2.5 star out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(Blu-ray, Shout Factory)
The American military needs a rare radioactive mineral for its new laser defense system. While searching for it on a remote Arctic island, they find out most of it was mined almost a century ago and stowed away on the Titanic for shipment to the US. This sets in motion a plan to raise the Titanic from the ocean bottom in order to retrieve the cargo. After overcoming many dangers, it is successful, but when the ship is towed back to New York the cargo hold is filled with gravel, not the mineral. Two scientists piece together an old clue and find it buried back in England, but decide to leave there rather than risk another nuclear war. A better than expected yarn that is part adventure, part 70s disaster, but dragged down by some dated cold war politics. The model work for the special effects is not bad for its time. Soaring score by John Barry.
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