Black Water Gold (1970)

Set in the Bahamas; a marine archaeologist (Keir Dullea), a historian (Ricardo Montalban) and a scuba bum (Aron Kincaid) race to reach a sunken treasure from a Spanish galleon before a well armed dilettante (Bradford Dillman) and his gang reaches there first. Directed by Alan Landsburg, this often incoherent sea adventure is pedestrian (and I'm being kind) in all respects. Granted, the transfer I watched was poor but even if it was a pristine print, it would have looked better but it would still be a mediocre movie. I'm usually a pushover for these sunken Spanish galleon treasure hunts (like THE DEEP) but this one is too tired to drum up much enthusiasm. With France Nuyen, Lana Wood, Jacques Aubuchon and Paul Hampton.