Beneath the 12-Mile Reef

Starring: Robert Wagner, Terry Moore, Gilbert Roland, et al.

Beneath The 12 Mile Reef is a Romeo-and-Juliet tale about the Petrakis father and son team who dive for sponges off the coast of Key West. When their normal catch no longer produces enough sponges, the Petrakis family encounters dangerous competition with the Rhys family that leads to violence in order to main their established fishing grounds along the 1-mile reef. Meanwhile, a love emerges between the son Tony Petrakis (Robert Wagner) and the rival daughter Gwyneth Rhys (Terry Moore). The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 637581705828
• Release Date: May 2003
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Publisher: Unicorn Video
• Director: Robert Webb
• Starring: Robert Wagner, Terry Moore, Gilbert Roland, J. Carrol Naish, Richard Boone, Angela Clarke, Peter Graves, Jay Novello, Jacques Aubuchon, Gloria Gordon
• Runtime: 1 hour, 42 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

For booty for power for love

One family is Greek, the other WASP. They competed in the sponge industry off the western coast of Florida in the ’50s. They have an unwritten law as to where they can fish for sponges. The heads of each house are proud, and there is more than a casual rivalry among them. Due to hard times, the families cross paths, resulting in the son of the Greek family, Tony Petrakis (Robert Wagner), and the WASP daughter Gwyneth Rhys (Terry Moore) falling in love with their parents' chagrin. To stir things up, Arnold Dix (Peter Graves), who also has eyes for Gwyneth, is unscrupulous and does nefarious acts against the Greeks. I know you have heard the story before and probably saw “Romeo and Juliet” or “West Side Story”. However, the story and actors make it worth revisiting. The film has been remastered and looks great on large-screen high-definition televisions. The music of Bernard Hermann works as a subtle character itself, adding to the mood and does not overwhelm the story or dialogue. Gilbert Roland is the proud Greek patriarch who makes a sort of John Wayne entrance at the beginning of the movie. Richard Boone, a very diverse actor, plays the girl's father. This is the first underwater adventure shot in CinemaScope.