Below the Sea

{{short description|1933 film}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2021}} {{More citations needed|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox film | name = Below the Sea | image = Below the Sea poster.jpg | caption = Film poster | director = Albert S. Rogell | story = Jo Swerling | screenplay = Jo Swerling | starring = Fay Wray<br>Ralph Bellamy | cinematography = Joseph Walker | editing = Jack Dennis | music = C. Bakaleinikoff | distributor = Columbia Pictures | released = {{Film date|1933|03|29}} | runtime = 78 minutes | country = United States | language = English }}

'''''Below the Sea''''' is a 1933 American Pre-Code action film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Fay Wray, Ralph Bellamy and Esther Howard.<ref name="afi">{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/5778|title=Below the Sea|website=afi.com|access-date=2024-02-04}}</ref>

==Plot summary== After a German U-boat is sunk near the end of World War I, its captain, the only living member of the crew 15 years later, plots to retrieve the gold bullion that went down with the boat. He enlists the financial help of a woman who owns a waterfront dive and a world-renowned undersea diver, but when the ship the woman bankrolls sinks the two men sign on to an expedition bankrolled by another woman—this time with scientific knowledge being her motive. They plan to use the expedition's equipment to dive to the wreck and bring up the gold.

==Cast== * Ralph Bellamy as Steve McCreary * Fay Wray as Diana Templeton * Frederick Vogeding as Von Boulton - Karl Schlemmer * Esther Howard as Lily * Paul Page as Jackson * A. Trevor Addinsell as Waldridge * William J. Kelly as Dr. Chapman

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==External links== * {{IMDb title|0023793|Below the Sea}} * {{TCMDb title|id=68452}} * {{AFI film|5778}}

Category:1933 films Category:Columbia Pictures films Category:1933 adventure films Category:1933 romance films Category:American adventure films Category:American romance films Category:American seafaring films Category:Films about treasure hunting Category:Underwater action films Category:Films directed by Albert S. Rogell Category:Films with screenplays by Jo Swerling Category:1933 English-language films Category:1933 American films Category:English-language romance films Category:English-language adventure films