Sixteen Fathoms Deep is a 1934 American film directed by Armand Schaefer and starring Lon Chaney Jr, Sally O'Neil and Russell Simpson. It was an early leading role for Chaney, then billed under his birth name "Creighton Chaney".
Plot A sponge diver, Joe Bethel, hopes to make enough money to buy his own boat and marry his fiancée, Rosie. He must deal with a villainous fellow diver, Savanis.
Cast Sally O'Neil as Rosie Lon Chaney Jr. as Joe Bethel (billed as "Creighton Chaney") Russell Simpson as A. B. Crockett Maurice Black as Nick Jack Kennedy as Mike George Regas as Savanis Constantine Romanoff as Kargas Richard Alexander as Martin Raul S. Figarola as Chinchin Lloyd Ingraham as Old Athos Robert Kortman as Cimos Si Jenks as Sculpin
Production O'Neil made the film after missing out on the role in Sitting Pretty (1933) to Ginger Rogers.
Reception The New York Times called Sixteen Fathoms Deep a "good swaggering specimen" of action melodrama, "exciting, plausible and a lot of fun."
References
External links
Sixteen Fathoms Deep at BFI Complete 1934 film at YouTube