Is anything worth the terror of The Deep?

Starring: Robert Shaw, Nick Nolte, Jacqueline Bisset, Louis Gossett Jr., Eli Wallach, Dick Anthony Williams, Robert Tessier, Bob Minor

DML Rating: ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ - good

"You know what they say about these waters: if the Jamaican pirates don't get you, it'll be the cold embrace of the sea. And that's no lover's kiss." - Romer Treece

Why watch this? Audiences craved more Peter Benchley... I wanted more Robert Shaw.

Plot Summary: In Bermuda, a vacationing couple, David and Gail, discover a sunken treasure and dangerous cache of WWII morphine ampoules, leading to a perilous encounter with local criminals and the enlistment of a seasoned treasure hunter, Romer Treece.

Dad's Preview: After the success of Jaws (1975), The Deep was Peter Benchley's second novel adapted for film. It is a very good thriller about sunken treasure, Bermudan drug lords, and the perils of diving near old wrecks. Nolte and Bisset are great, however Robert Shaw shines as Romer Treece, the one person who can help the young treasure hunters. What they find near a sunken WWII munitions ship may cost them their lives. True to Benchley's style, we are graced by the presence of an over-sized, and very ill-tempered, moray eel.

Casablanca FilmWorks, EMI Films; Columbia Pictures