Two-Man Submarine (1944)
Medical researchers Jerry Evans and Walt Hedges are assigned by a pharmaceutical company to work at a secret laboratory on a remote South Pacific Island in order to produce penicillium, the mold from which the magic drug penicillin is derived.
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Very well executed
There's a good chance the film will make you laugh out loud, but if it doesn't, there's an even better chance it will make you openly sob.
The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.
While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.
TWO MAN SUBMARINE This is another of the seemingly endless supply of cheap wartime spy thrillers that were put out by most of the Hollywood studios.This $49.99 special was put out by the B-unit at Columbia Pictures and stars, Tom Neal and Ann Savage. They are the heroes of the story as they spoil an evil Axis plot.Neal and Savage are part of a group working on a new secret anti-toxin drug. Of course the only supply for the compound,is an island behind Japanese lines. Needless to say someone in the group is a spy. But who? The suspects include the doctor, the guards and a shipwrecked sailor.The cast also includes, J. Carrol Naish, Abner Biberman and Geroge Lynn. The director was quickie specialist, Lew Landers. Landers helmed 160 plus films and TV series in a 30 year career. In 1944 alone he cranked out 9 films.Tom Neal and Ann Savage would later star in one of the best low-budget film noir ever, Detour. This particular film however, is a low budget time-waster that has not aged well.