Raiders from Beneath the Sea
Dir: Maury Dexter
1964
*
Raiders from Beneath the Sea is a misleading title to say the least, in fact the 'Raiders' are in the sea for about 3 minutes at the very most and they quite obviously didn't come from there. Maury Dexter's infamous (and rather soggy) Heist film is as bad as they say, maybe even a little worse. The overall idea for the Heist is great, it is just executed in the worst possible way ("Didn't you know it's illegal to wear a wet-suit in town?") and takes forever to get to the action. A great deal of time is spent either ogling tastelessly at Merry Ander in her swim-suit or watching someone ogling tastelessly at Merry Ander in her swim-suit. The 'Raiding' takes very little time at all and apart from a brilliant moment of 'so bad it's brilliant' special effect work, it is all very disappointing. The direction is poor, the acting is worse and the soundtrack will make you want to pour cement in your ears.