Hello Down There
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Jack Arnold
Tony Randall
Janet Leigh
Jim Backus
Roddy Mcdowall
Ken Berry
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Synopsis
Inventor Fred Miller is determined to prove to his old-fashioned boss, T. R. Hollister, the feasibility of his newly-designed undersea house, which he calls the Green Onion, by moving his family underwater for 30 days. He first overcomes his wife Vivian's fear of water and then agrees to let his teenage son and daughter, Tommie and Lorrie, bring along the rest of their rock and roll band so that they can practice; a potential contract with Nate Ashbury, boy wonder of the record industry, hangs in the balance. At first all goes well for the group as they are joined by a friendly seal, and two friendly dolphins help them ward off such dangers to underwater living as menacing sharks. Eventually, however, trouble erupts when Fred's company rival, Mel Cheever, begins construction nearby on a deep sea mining machine, and the rock music creates strange sonar blips which the Navy attributes to an enemy power. Chaos sets in when Cheever siphons a tank full of gas from Fred's house, thereby causing it to tilt and throw the electrical appliances into reverse. Cheever's experiment turns into a disaster, however, and he has to be rescued by Fred. Ashbury likes the new music created by the teenagers and signs them for the Merv Griffin television show; but in their eagerness to reach land in the family submarine they are stranded in a hurricane. Once again, Fred and the dolphins go to the rescue. All ends happily: Hollister approves the house, Merv Griffin tapes the rock group underwater, and the Navy discovers that the only thing they have to fear under the sea is the Green Onion.
Director
Jack Arnold
Cast
Tony Randall
Janet Leigh
Jim Backus
Roddy Mcdowall
Ken Berry
Merv Griffin
Kay Cole
Gary Tigerman
Richard Dreyfuss
Lou Wagner
Charlotte Rae
Henny Backus
Bud Hoey
Frank Schuller
Lee Meredith
Bruce Gordon
Harvey Lembeck
Arnold Stang
Pat Henning
Jay Laskay
Charles G. Martin
Frank Logan
Andy Jarrell
Lora Kaye
Crew
Irene Aparicio
Art Arthur
Jeff Barry
Jeff Barry
Lamar Boren
Ricou Browning
Jack Collis
Mike Davis
Guy Del Russo
Erwin Dumbrille
Environmental Science Service Administration
Joseph Gannon
William C. Gerrity
Don Ivey
Perry Jones
Jordan Klein
John Mcgreevey
Miami Seaquarium
Walter Morris Jr.
William P. Owens
James Pergola
Clifford Poland
George Sherman
Frank Telford
Ivan Tors
Ivan Tors
Ivan Tors
Howard Warren
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Notes
Filmed on location in Florida.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Spring March 1969
Released in United States Spring March 1969
