Review of Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953) by Kevin M. W — 30 Oct 2017
Filmed in beautiful Tarpon Springs, Florida, this trinket of lurid passion concerns the ethnic and financial tensions between the local American homeboys versus the pushy, dirty, "you-know-how-they-are", immigrant Greeks ("why don't you go back to where you came from!!!").
The fight plays out over sponge diving rights at a time when Florida was where most of the sponges were. Greek Adonis boy (Wagner in curly black hair) is caught looking a little too hard at fresh as a daisy American girl (Moore, in a tight button-down shirt and tight shorts!), and you just know that that ain't gonna happen.
Romeo and Juliet then in sunny Florida ... where there's a giant octopus that needs love as well ... Beneath the 12 Mile Reef!
This review of Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953) was written by Kevin M. W on 30 Oct 2017.
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef has generally received mixed reviews.
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