Deep Waters
US (1948): Drama
This is almost grade B category in film making. The story is a simple one of an orphan who is attracted to the sea, surrounded by adults who try to keep him from it. No wonder he runs away and steals to get money to hop busses. Dean Stockwell is the boy, Jean Peters (Miss Bland) and Dana Andrews (Mr. Bland) are the on again-off again lovers who may decide his fate. Black and white camera work of Maine harbors is attractive. One 6 minute sequence of a totally implausible rescue during a storm at sea earned an Oscar nom for Special Effects - must have been a very sparse year in this category. Henry King directs for Fox; cast includes Cesar Romero, Anne Rever, Ed Begley, Will Geer and Mae Marsh. (Arne Andersen, IMDb)
1 nomination
· Special Effects 1948: Ralph Hammeras, Fred Sersen, Edward Snyder - Special Effects (Visual); Roger Heman - Special Effects (Audible)