Hello Down There (1969)

When an inventor (Tony Randall) needs human guinea pigs to test his experimental undersea dream home 90 feet beneath the sea's surface, he packs up his wife (Janet Leigh), his kids and their rock band and takes the plunge. Directed by Jack Arnold (CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON) and Ricou Browning (the underwater sequences). This rather lame family comedy is reminiscent of those live action Disney family comedies, only with Randall and Leigh substituting for Fred MacMurray and Vera Miles. This being an Ivan Tors production, there are a lot of "cute" dolphins and seals and their antics which comes as a relief from the inane antics of the human characters. The less said about the "rock" songs sung by the kids' band, the better. The movie is flat as a pancake but not as tasty. With Richard Dreyfuss (who you'd never know had talent based on his appearance here), Roddy McDowall, Ken Berry, Merv Griffin, Jim Backus, Charlotte Rae, Kay Cole and Arnold Stang.